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Title: Revised and reduced price list.
Description: Price list for Johnson's buff tinted copying paper., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Thomas, Howard & Johnson., creator
Date: 1868.
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Specimen sheet of Johnson's buff tinted copying paper, manufactured and sold by Thomas, Howard & Johnson, Buffalo, N. Y.
Description: Sample sheet of paper with red printing., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Thomas, Howard & Johnson., creator
Date: ca. 1868.
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Bill-head paper, envelopes and flat writing papers.
Description: Price list for ruled bill-head paper., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Price, Thomas W., creator
Date: [1867?].
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Preserve this sheet for reference.
Description: Reduced price list for ruled bill-head paper., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Price, Thomas W., creator
Date: [1867?].
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Hufty's double-length profile paper, rulings 42 inches long by 14 1/2 inches wide.
Description: Circular for railroad profile drawing plates., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: James W. Queen & Company., creator
Date: [1868?].
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Trade discounts.
Description: Circular for paper and mathematical instruments., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: James W. Queen & Company., creator
Date: [1867?].
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Keuffel & Esser, manufacturers of oil paper & board, 79 Nassau Street, New York.
Description: Paper sample with business card listing prices., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Keuffel & Esser Co., creator
Date: [ca. 1870].
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Office of the Lipman Manufacturing Company, no. 51 South Fourth Street.
Description: Folded circular for Hover's carbonized paper., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Lipman Manufacturing Company., creator
Date: 1867.
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Hover's carbonized paper.
Description: Three variants of circular for Hover's carbonized paper., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Hover, Joseph Eves., creator
Date: [1867?].
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: One penny specie One penny specie. F The president, directors and company of the Bank of North-America promise to pay to the bearer, on demand, one ninetieth of a dollar. F August 6, 1789
Description: Two printed sections, each inside ornamental border. The top section measures 39 x 55 mm, and the ornamental border incorporates: 1789 Bank. The bottom section measures 40 x 56 mm, and the ornamental border incorporates: BFB 1789., Not in: Evans; Bristol., Library Company copy has MS. note: Chas. A. Poulson Esq. with the regards of Jno. A. McAllister Feb 29, 1864., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bank of North America
Date: [1789]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm #Am 1789 Bank 3321.F.70 (McAllister)

Title: McDowell Paper Mills - actual paper makers since 1825
Description: Depicts an aerial view of McDowell Paper Mills in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia. On the back of the postcard is a list of the paper products manufactured by the mill., Sheet number: 40A07B, Divided back. Advertisement on verso describing the types of products manufactured at the mill., 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 [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Four Scrapbooks
Description: Four books assembled by Daisy Lowengrund: 1. "Sewing Book" in brown paper with front and back pockets. Pockets contain drawings on trace paper and small sewn blocks, some dated 1902-1905. Book contains embroidered pictures in various colors. 2. Half-bound volume of "Mat Weaving" containing weaved paper designs in various colors. 3-4. Two accordion-folded portfolios of colored paper cut-outs. Exhibited in Library Company of Philadelphia's exhibition, The Living Book: New Perspectives on Form and Function (2017-2018)., Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bendiner, 1998.
Creator: Lowengrund, Daisy, (1872-1930)
Date: Ca. 1885-1905
Location: OBJ 867

Title: Lipman Manufacturing Company.
Description: Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Lipman Manufacturing Company., creator
Date: [1867?].
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Two reams super white wove flat cap
Description: A wrapper., Charles Magarge & Co., paper warehouse, was in business from 1853 to 1878., Printed in blue., The illustration shows a scene of a Civil War battle., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Halleck Mills
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Halleck (6)5777.F.87a (McAllister)

Title: Wissahiccon Paper Mills. Warehouse, 30 South Sixth Street, Charles Magarge & Co., Philadelphia, Penna
Description: Advertisement after a circa 1858 oil painting "Magarge Paper Mill" by William E. Winner showing the expanded paper mill originally built for William Dewees in 1731 at the foot of Wise's Mill Road on the bucolic Wissahickon Creek. Mill includes the main building, boiler house, machine room, and chimney. Mill was rented by Charles Magarge (President of Bank of Germantown) in 1844 and purchased by him in 1853 and thereafter expanded to house a Fourdrinier Paper machine. It was the first mill to use wood pulp to make paper. Also shows a girl gathering flowers on a hillside in the foreground and a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road in front of the mill in the background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 847, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 W 763, Original painting in the collections of the Germantown Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
Creator: Frey, A., artist
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 W 763

Title: Knight's patent paper machinery. [graphic].
Description: Location: Schuylkill Eighth [i.e. Sixteenth] Street , opposite Columbia Railroad., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Date: ca. 1845.
Location: http://www.librarycompany.org/wainwright/W214.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W214 [P.2137]

Title: Net cash price list of Charlton's specialties.
Description: Sewn price list of French, English, and American stationery., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Charlton, John P., creator
Date: 1869.
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Albert L. West, with Russell & Armstrong, manufacturers of paper and bags, branch store, S.E. cor. Third and Vine Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - West [P.9111.14]

Title: Elkhart paper pail
Description: Trade card promoting the Elkhart Paper Pail Company and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel. The man is attired in a uniform-like costume of a black top hat with a gold band; a blue jacket with gold buttons and epaulettes and a black belt; white pants; white gloves; and black knee-length boots. He pulls on a red cord for a curtain with his right hand. He carries a pail labeled "Elkhart Paper Pail" in his left hand. The Elkhart Paper Pail Company was founded circa 1883. The factory was damaged by fire in 1886 and 1887. The company rebuilt the manufactory and continued operating into the 20th century., Title from item., Date deduced from history of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: "Elkhart paper pail manufactured by the Elkhart Paper Pail Co. Elkhart Ind., U.S.A." Includes illustration depicting a pail with picture of a deer on the front., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Elkhart [P.2017.95.55]

Title: The Moser & Lyon Co., manufacturing stationers, 216 S. Clinton St., Syracuse, N.Y Showing how the reversible roll paper cutters can be placed under a counter or shelf. Read circular inside
Description: Pictorial envelope containing vignettes of paper cutters and advertising text on the recto and verso. Vignette on recto shows a reversible roll paper cutter under a "counter." A hand tears off a piece of paper from a large roll with the cutter blade. Vignettes on verso show "Roll Desk Tablet, the most convenient article of its kind ever manufactured"; "6 and 12 Inch no. 1 Reversible Cutter in Pyramid"; and "the Reversible with name on face of blade. Any name can be placed thereon." Each cutter contains a large roll of paper. Moser & Lyon entered the stationery trade in 1873 and consolidated into the stock corporation Moser & Lyon Co. in 1892., Title from printed return address., Addressed in manuscript to: Holden Bros., Turin, N.Y., Date inferred from ink-stamp postmark: Syracuse, N.Y. 1893., Contains cancelled two-cent stamp printed in red and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed on verso: Write Us For Prices. Read the Circular which is Inside this Envelope., Vignettes printed in red ink on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1893]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.85]

Title: Yates Arch over Chestnut St. above 6th, [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Chestnut Street spanned by an elaborate archway that reads, "1787, 1887, Centennial of the Constitution." People crowd the sidewalks on either side of the street and trolley wires crisscross overhead. The buildings on the left have signs for [Me]gargee & Co. [En]velope Warehouse at 617, Super Jones & Co. White Goods House at 615, and Chas Beck Fancy Paper at 609. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 4:40, Light: Faint light, slow shutter., 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: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1229]

Title: Yates Arch over Chestnut St. above 6th, [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Chestnut Street spanned by an elaborate archway that reads, "Centennial of the Constitution." People crowd the sidewalks on either side of the street and trolley wires crisscross overhead. The buildings on the left have signs for [Megarg]ee & Co. [Envelope] Warehouse at 617, Super Jones & Co. White Goods House at 615, and Chas Beck Fancy Paper and Cardboards at 609. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 1:10, Light: Fair light., 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: September 20, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1230]

Title: [Knight's patent paper machine, manufactory. A.L. Knight & Co.]
Description: Exterior view of the three-story paper machine manufactory on Fifteenth and Willow Streets. Signage on the side of the building sprawls across ten bays of windows and reads, "Knight's patent paper machine, manufactory," and a smaller sign above the entrance reads, "A.L. Knight & Co." Three workers stand at every level as a man prepares a package to be hoisted from the sidewalk into the building. A gentleman stands in the entryway watching the workers, as another guides a horse-drawn cart out of the manufactory's enclosed yard. A person seated and writing is visible through the first floor window. Includes a partial view of industrial buildings in the background. A.L. Knight & Co. was in business from 1843 to 1850., Title of lithographic image supplied by cataloger., Contains overprinted letterpress title in red ink surrounded by a blue border: "The subscriber's respectfully inform paper manufacturers that they still continue to make Knight's patent paper machinery together with all kinds of machinery connected with paper making, as rag cutters, cutting presses, forcing pumps and lifting pumps, stamping machines, calendars for writing paper, making cylinders, &c. &c. Knight's patent dryers, are acknowledged by persons having them in operation, to be superior to any other kind now in use. They do not require more than one-third of the fuel required by any other dryers, and give a surface to the paper that cannot be paralleled by any principle or plan of dryers yet discovered. These dryers were invented and patented several years since, and are now in operation in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky and New Jersey. The subscribers are also prepared to erect paper mills, by the day or contract, the millwright work of which will be under the superintendence of Wm. Knight, a practical millwright of thirty year's experience--mill's located, and sites selected for person's desirous of building.", "The subscribers have in connection with their machine shop, an iron foundry, in which they are prepared to execute castings of various descriptions, with neatness and despatch. All orders promptly attended to, and all work warranted to give satisfaction. A.L. Knight & Co. Shop--Schuylkill Eighth St., opposite the Columbia Rail Road, Philadelphia. Caution--Manufacturers are informed that all driers made to dry and press simultaneously, are upon the principle of Knight's patent, and all persons who make or use such, will be dealt with according to law.", Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 424, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [August 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W214 [P.2137]

Title: Philadelphia, north from State House
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks north from the State House (520 Chestnut Street). Includes: Harris and Newhall, paper manufacturers (515 Minor); Barnes, Bro. & Herron, hat store, and M.S. Shapleigh & Co., dry goods store (503 Market); Robert Levick, boots and shoes (525 Market); E.R. Taggert & Co., hosiery (515 Market); and in the far left background, Jessup & Moore, paper warehouse (27 N. 6th). Also shows rooftop decks with drying laundry., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Mount discolored., 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: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Views [1322.F.4d]

Title: Philadelphia, north from State House
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks north from the State House (520 Chestnut Street). Includes: Harris and Newhall, paper manufacturers (515 Minor); Barnes, Bro. & Herron, hat store, and M.S. Shapleigh & Co., dry goods store (503 Market); Robert Levick, boots and shoes (525 Market); E.R. Taggert & Co., hosiery (515 Market); and in the far left background, Jessup & Moore, paper warehouse (27 N. 6th). Also shows rooftop decks with drying laundry., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Mount discolored., 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: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Views [1322.F.4d]

Title: [African American man sticking his head through a sheet of paper]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature an African American man portrayed with exaggerated features sticking his head through a large piece of paper. Shows the African American man, attired in a white apron, plaid pants, and black shoes, standing with his hands at his sides. He smiles at the viewer as his oversized head has burst through a sheet of paper. The torn pieces of paper surround his head., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 19 [P.2017.95.230]

Title: Civil War era patriotic ream wrappers [graphic].
Description: 5793.F.33a contains inscriptions about ream price., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War miscellanies and materials related to George McClellan., Seven of the collection trimmed., Collection includes ream wrappers for ruled note paper from Ellsworth Mills; Fremont Mills; McClellan Mills; Parsons Paper Co. (Holyoke, Mass.); and S.C. Upham (Philadelphia, Pa.). Also includes two "Union Note Paper" wrappers issued from unidentified sources. Majority of wrappers contain ornate borders and patriotic designs including eagles, the figure of Liberty, portraits of Elmer Ellsworth and George McClellan, and military iconography.
Date: ca. 1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Ream wrappers [(2)5786.F.159f; (5)5786.F.169d; 5793.F.33a&35a; P.2006.1.13a-d]

Title: Civil War era patriotic ream wrappers [graphic].
Description: 5793.F.33a contains inscriptions about ream price., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War miscellanies and materials related to George McClellan., Seven of the collection trimmed., Collection includes ream wrappers for ruled note paper from Ellsworth Mills; Fremont Mills; McClellan Mills; Parsons Paper Co. (Holyoke, Mass.); and S.C. Upham (Philadelphia, Pa.). Also includes two "Union Note Paper" wrappers issued from unidentified sources. Majority of wrappers contain ornate borders and patriotic designs including eagles, the figure of Liberty, portraits of Elmer Ellsworth and George McClellan, and military iconography.
Date: ca. 1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Ream wrappers [(2)5786.F.159f; (5)5786.F.169d; 5793.F.33a&35a; P.2006.1.13a-d]

Title: Cathay Restaurant, 1221-23 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa Music, dancing, broadcasting
Description: Interior view of the Cathay Restaurant located at 1221-1223 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Shows the view from the second-floor staircase, looking down at the main dining room on the first level and the balcony sections that flank the main stairway. Depicts on the first floor, a line of red tray holders for waitstaff in the left and rows of white table-clothed dining tables and chairs. On the balconies are additional rows of white table-clothed dining tables and chairs. The edges of the balcony are lined with different-colored figurine lamps with fringed shades. Colored paper lanterns and a chandelier hang from the ceiling. The Cathay restaurant, also called the Cathay Tea Garden, was a Chinese restaurant that had a large dance floor where musicians and bands played. They also broadcasted a live radio show. The restaurant closed in 1973., Title from item., Date inferred from medium and content., Numbered 95415 on verso., Sheet number: 112A03., Divided back.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: 50 new elegant embossed chromo cards with your name printed on them, for only 8 cents in stamps. This offer lasts only till October 30, after that our regular price will be charged. Address Star Card Co., East Boston, Mass. Box 38
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man peering over a fence and gazing downard. The man is attired in a cap and holds a cane in his left hand. His right hand grips the top of the fence. A sign on the fence bears the advertising text promoting personalized greeting cards. Below the sign is a notice that reads, "Post No Bills." The African American man is depicted with exggerated features., Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso: Read! Read! These cards are something new, Gold Floral, Rememberance, Sentimental, Hand Floral, etc. with Love Friendship and Holiday Mottoes. Besides this maginificent offer we give with every pack, 10 pieces New and Popular music, and with 6 packs we give a fine Nicle-Plated Pocket Fruit knife. Try us once. We want an agent in every city and town. We give fine premiums, or we will allow you to retain 25 cts. on eah Dollars worth of orders sent. Send stamp for Premium List, Circulars, and how to become an agent. It pays. Address Star Card Co., East Boston, Mass., Text is printed in red ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Star [P.2017.95.166]

Title: [Sharpless & Sons trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting women in a variety of settings, including a woman sitting on the beach with a parasol and fan; a woman attired in gypsy-inspired clothing kneeling next to an urn; the bust of a woman wearing a large plumed hat superimposed onto a painting palette; and another bust portrait of a woman wearing a hat. Also shows men in hunting gear with rifles and dogs; clowns balancing on the hardware of a clock; a couple on the beach stopped in front of an enormous hermit crab, birds and guitar; a chef wielding a large knife with his hand around the throat of a large duck; a couple standing inside of a large lantern; men working on a large paper lantern that hangs from a tree branch; a couple being transported in a covered gondola; and a table containing wine, fruit, bread and dishes superimposed onto a painting palette., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include D. Hutinet (Paris), Bognard (Paris) and John A. Lowell & Co. (Boston)., Advertising text printed on versos: Sharpless & Sons, importers, jobbers & retailers of dry goods, 801, 803, 805 & 807 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Sharpless [1975.F.760; 1975.F.762; 1975.F.766-768; 1975.F.780; 1975.F.794; 1975.F.812; 1975.F.814; 1975.F.825; 1975.F.838-840]

Title: ASSU Illustration 9361
Description: Block numbered in two places: 9361, also 1049 on small adhesive label on back of block., Block damaged: cracked., Joints not visible on sides of composite block.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 24

Title: [Panorama from State House steeple, north]
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks above Chestnut Street. Businesses include: Hildeborn & Brother, watches and jewelery (533 Market Street); Truitt, Brother, & Co. (529 Market Street); Brown, Kunkel & Co., clothing (525 Market); Chaffees, Stout, & Co., wholesale dry goods (523 Market); Coleman & Smith, cutlery and fancy goods (521 Market); Robert Pearsall Smith, publisher (517-521 Minor); and Jessup & Moore, commercial paper warehouse (27 North 6th)., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Manuscript note on verso: Looking north over Chestnut and Market St. between Fifth and Sixth., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Views [(8)1322.F.1c-2]

Title: [Panorama from State House steeple, north]
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks above Chestnut Street. Businesses include: Hildeborn & Brother, watches and jewelery (533 Market Street); Truitt, Brother, & Co. (529 Market Street); Brown, Kunkel & Co., clothing (525 Market); Chaffees, Stout, & Co., wholesale dry goods (523 Market); Coleman & Smith, cutlery and fancy goods (521 Market); Robert Pearsall Smith, publisher (517-521 Minor); and Jessup & Moore, commercial paper warehouse (27 North 6th)., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Manuscript note on verso: Looking north over Chestnut and Market St. between Fifth and Sixth., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Views [(8)1322.F.1c-2]

Title: [Plate 9 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description: Plate depicts section of the 600 block of Chestnut Street (136-209 pre-consolidation). South side includes E. Durand & Sons, Druggists (136); Sleeper & Jeanneret, Jewelry (1388-140); Howell & Brothers, Paper Hangings (142); Langdon’s Daguerreotypes and W. S. Martien, Publisher and Bookseller(144); American Sunday School Union (146); and Jones’ Hotel, Bridges & West proprietors (152). North side includes Dr. Jayne’s Philadelphia Arcade, Dr. Davison’s Arcade Baths, and D. Robinson, Bookseller and Stationer (205-209); N.Y. Journal of Fine Arts Agency (203 1/2); Bolivar House (201-203); Chestnut St. Theater (199); and Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup and Blood’s Despatch (197). Also shows a few of the buildings adorned with flag or statuary. Sleeper & Jeanneret signage (138-140) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote twelve of the businesses depicted with signage, as well as John M. Coleman, Importer of Sheffield and German Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, &c (209) and William White, Chemist, S.E. cor. Twelfth and Pine Sts. White's full-page advertisement contains testimonials and several lines of text describing the benefits of “White’s Hair Regenerator, or Amber Gloss” and “White’s Essence of Jamaica Ginger.” Most of the small advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Langdon & Co. quotes price of $1 to $5 for daguerreotypes and the Journal of the Fine Arts notes the merging of "The Messsage Bird," "Literary American," and "Musical Gazette" to form the periodical of "music, literature and art.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 10., LCP also holds trimmed duplicates depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.5 and P.2006.1.21].
Creator: Rae, Julio H.
Date: [1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 10 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]

Title: [Plate 9 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description: Plate depicts section of the 600 block of Chestnut Street (136-209 pre-consolidation). South side includes E. Durand & Sons, Druggists (136); Sleeper & Jeanneret, Jewelry (1388-140); Howell & Brothers, Paper Hangings (142); Langdon’s Daguerreotypes and W. S. Martien, Publisher and Bookseller(144); American Sunday School Union (146); and Jones’ Hotel, Bridges & West proprietors (152). North side includes Dr. Jayne’s Philadelphia Arcade, Dr. Davison’s Arcade Baths, and D. Robinson, Bookseller and Stationer (205-209); N.Y. Journal of Fine Arts Agency (203 1/2); Bolivar House (201-203); Chestnut St. Theater (199); and Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup and Blood’s Despatch (197). Also shows a few of the buildings adorned with flag or statuary. Sleeper & Jeanneret signage (138-140) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote twelve of the businesses depicted with signage, as well as John M. Coleman, Importer of Sheffield and German Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, &c (209) and William White, Chemist, S.E. cor. Twelfth and Pine Sts. White's full-page advertisement contains testimonials and several lines of text describing the benefits of “White’s Hair Regenerator, or Amber Gloss” and “White’s Essence of Jamaica Ginger.” Most of the small advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Langdon & Co. quotes price of $1 to $5 for daguerreotypes and the Journal of the Fine Arts notes the merging of "The Messsage Bird," "Literary American," and "Musical Gazette" to form the periodical of "music, literature and art.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 10., LCP also holds trimmed duplicates depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.5 and P.2006.1.21].
Creator: Rae, Julio H.
Date: [1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 10 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]

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