Exterior view of front of station built 1896-1901 after designs by Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr., Numbered 105334A on verso., Also identified as the Germantown Junction Station., Sheet number: 145A02., Divided back. Stamped Dec. 9, 1921 on verso., 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. 1921
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]
Exterior view of front. Resembles Graham, Anderson, Probst & White's unexecuted passenger station at 16th and Pennsylvania Boulevard., Numbered 130424 on verso., Sheet number: 145A02., 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. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]
Contains images of Reading Terminal, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's terminal building, constructed 1891-1893 after designs by Francis Hatch Kimball and Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views looking northeast from 12th and Market Streets and one image of the station and train shed from a distance., Contains 26 postcards printed in color and 12 printed in black and white., 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
1900-1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Reading Terminal - 146]
Contains exterior views of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station and train shed at the northwest corner of Broad and Market Streets. Station built 1879-1882 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company and expanded by Furness, Evans & Co. from 1892 to 1894. Train shed constructed by Wilson Brothers & Company in 1894 and destroyed in 1923. Station demolished 1952-53., Contains 42 postcards printed in color and 18 printed in black and white., 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
1900-1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Broad Street Station - 143]
Exterior view of the Germantown Depot of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad at the southeast corner of Germantown Avenue and Price Street, across from Vernon Park. Built in 1855, replacing Shingle's Tavern, which was used as the waiting room and ticket office for the railway. Destroyed by fire in 1981., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Slide number 40.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.36]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the Kittanning Point station next to the railroad tracks. View includes an adjacent dwelling.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts three men standing on the long, wooden platform near Cresson Station. Cresson was a popular summer resort town.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of the concealed Mountain House within Cresson Springs Resort near Cresson Station. The Pennsylvania Railroad owned the resort, which was moved to Cresson from Hollidaysburg in the 1860s and rebuilt in 1880-81 to accommodate about 600 people.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man sitting in the grass on a hill overlooking Lewistown. Includes a view of the Lewistown railroad station and railroad cars on the tracks in the foreground.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Oblique view of the south side of the Gothic Revival-style station. Three men stand on the platform facing the tracks. The station was constructed in 1869 after designs by Joseph M. Wilson for the straightened route between Ardmore and Rosemont. Demolished in 1963.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of Stewart's Station, with a man and two children sitting on the stairs leading down to the platform.
Exterior view of the Bustleton station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, used as a barn, an arsenal and a powder storage magazine during the Revolutionary War before the property was taken over by the railroad in 1870., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Transportation - [P.9933.1]
Exterior view of the Pennsylvania Railroad's original Chelten Avenue Station looking north along the tracks. Includes two men working on the tracks. Image taken before the old station was razed in 1916., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.130]
Interior view of makeshift church of religious revivalists Dwight Moody & Ira Sankey, formerly the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at 13th and Market Streets. Altered circa 1876 for Wanamaker's Grand Depot., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint 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.
Creator
McMullin, Samuel, b. 1819
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McMullin [P.8551.2]
For views of similar designs, see Stepney Station (P.9945.26); Twin Oaks Station (P.9945.86); Holmes Station (P.9945.104); and Llanwellyn Station (P.9945.104).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.81]
For views of similar designs, see Stepney Station (P.9945.26); Carpenter Station (P.9945.81); Holmes Station (P.9945.104); and Llanwellyn Station (P.9945.104).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.86]
Depicts a small, one room station covered in shingles. Includes the small shelter for passengers on the opposite side of the tracks. For a view of a similar design, see Boothwyn Station (P.9945.84).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.87]
Depicts a small, one room railroad station. Includes a view of the platform and shelter on the opposite side of the tracks. A large building, possibly a hotel, with a "Fairview" sign on the roof is visible in the background.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.97]
Depicts a small railroad station adjacent to the B & O tracks in Havre de Grace. For views of similar station designs see Van Bibber Station (P.9945.18); Whitaker Station (P.9945.37) and Singerly Station (P.9945.50).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.31]
Depicts a small, one room station, and an adjacent shed on the opposite side of the tracks. A man and a woman stand on the platform in front of the station. For views of similar station designs, see Ridley Station (P.9945.99); Collingdale Station (P.9945.106); and Sixtieth Street Station (P.9945.116).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.108]
Depicts a small, one room railroad station. For similar station designs see Harford Station (P.9945.21); Baldwin Station (P.9945.51); and Upland Station (P.9945.89).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.35]
Depicts a railroad station above the B & O tracks. Several men and a child stand on the platform opposite the station. For similar station designs see Bradshaw Station (P.9945.16); Childs Station (P.9945.47); and Kiamensi Station (P.9945.62).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.41]
Depicts a small, shingle-style station. For views of similar station designs, see Collingdale Station (P.9945.106); Boone Station (P.9945.108); and Sixtieth Street Station (P.9945.116).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.99]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the four-story Logan House hotel, built 1852-53 by Pennsylvania Railroad carpenter foreman Thomas Burchinell. View includes the railroad tracks and platform in the foreground. The hotel closed in 1927 and was converted to a post office in the early 1930s.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View looking east at the single stone arch of the Greensburg Tunnel. People sit and stand near the Greensburg station building on the south side of the tracks. A church steeple and other buildings near Harrison Avenue are visible above the tunnel.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of railroad tracks and Walls Station sign board, with a two-and-a-half story residence in the background.
Depicts the number 33 trolley sitting in front of the West Park Trolley Station., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A19 and 86B11., 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
1900-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Contains images of the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Philadelphia Station built in 1893 before the construction of 30th Street Station. Includes exterior views of the old station, a proposed, unexecuted station and a view of the railroad yards., The West Philadelphia Station should not be confused with the Pennsylvania Railroad station erected at 32nd and Market Streets in 1876 to accommodate large crowds visiting the Centennial Exhibition. The station erected in 1876 was further west of the West Philadelphia Station., Sheet numbers: 145A01 and 145A02., Divided backs., 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 [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]
View of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot at the Centennial Exhibition grounds. Building is adorned with multiple flags and pedestrians are visible on sidewalks., , Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photo [P.2011.47.691]
Depicts a small Queen Anne style station, covered in shingles. To view similar station designs, see Bradshaw Station (P.9945.16); Leslie Station (P.9945.41); and Kiamensi Station (P.9945.62).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.47]
Exterior view looking at the north and east elevations of the Philadelphia terminal of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at the southwest corner of 24th and Chestnut streets. Frank Furness designed the station. Built between 1886 and 1888., Part of an album containing photographs of railroad bridges and stations along the B&O Railroad's Philadelphia Division taken on a trip made by a small group of B&O Railroad employees, under the supervision of Division Engineer Maintenance-of-Way William A. Pratt, who surveyed the line in March 1891., 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. 76., Arcadia caption text: Philadelphia architect Frank Furness designed three railroad stations for the Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) Railroad including the Philadelphia depot constructed between 1886 and 1888 at the southeast corner of Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets. The Schuylkill East Side Railroad, a line chartered by the B & O with the Reading Railroad, ran south from Fairmount along the east side of the Schuylkill River, connected with the new terminal, and continued south to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Both railroad companies wanted to compete with the Pennsylvania Railroad's profitable line to the Capital. This photograph was part of an 1891 photographic survey of the B & O Railroad's bridges and stations between Baltimore and Philadelphia., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2001, pg. 58-9.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.123]
Depicts the Queen Anne-style train station at Dupont and Delaware Avenues, constructed in 1886 after designs by Furness, Evans & Co. A group of men and boys stand under the lantern-lined arcade covering the train platform. An identical arcade runs the length of the platform on the opposite side of the tracks. The Logan House sits behind the train station in the image, named after the Civil War hero, General John Logan. A through truss bridge is visible in the distance.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.70]
View from the street showing the Queen Anne-style train station at Dupont and Delaware Avenues, constructed in 1886 after designs by Furness, Evans & Co. Includes a partial view of the pony plate girder bridge spanning Delaware Avenue.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.71]
Depicts the small, brick station, located on the west side of Clifton Avenue. For views of similar station designs, see Ridley Station (P.9945.99); Boone Station (P.9945.108); and Sixtieth Street Station (P.9945.116).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.106]
Depicts a small brick railroad station, with decorative dormers protruding from the hipped roof. To see an identical design, see Aberdeen Station [P.9945.28].
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.13]
Depicts a small, one room station. For views of similar station designs, see Harford Station (P.9945.21); Aiken Station (P.9945.35); and Baldwin Station (P.9945.51).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.89]
Depicts a brick, heavily shingled railroad station. Several men and a child stand on the platform outside of the station building. For views of similar designs see Havre de Grace Station (P.9945.31); Whitaker Station (P.9945.37) and Singerly Station (P.9945.50).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.18]
Depicts a small, Queen Anne-style station elevated above the tracks at 60th Street. For views of similar station designs, see Ridley Station (P.9945.99); Collingdale Station (P.9945.106); and Boone Station (P.9945.108).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.116]
Depicts a brick, shingled Queen Anne style station. For views of similar stations, see Van Bibber Station (P.9945.18); Havre de Grace Station (P.9945.31); and Whitaker Station (P.9945.37).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.50]
Depicts a Queen Anne-style brick and shingle station. For views of similar station designs, see Carrcroft Station (P.9945.78) and Darby Station (P.9945.110)
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.100]
Depicts a small, one-room station elevated above the railroad tracks. Four men stand outside of the station, looking toward the photographer. For views of similar station designs see Aiken Station (P.9945.35); Baldwin Station (P.9945.51); and Upland Station (P.9945.89).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.21]
Depicts a Queen Anne-style, shingle-covered station in Prospect Park. For views of similar station designs, see Stepney Station (P.9945.26); Carpenter Station (P.9945.81); Twin Oaks Station (P.9945.86); and Llanwellyn Station (P.9945.104).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.102]
Depicts a small, one room station. Includes another building on the opposite side of the tracks, and two water towers in the distance. For views of similar stations, see Harford Station (P.9945.21); Aiken Station (P.9945.35); and Upland Station (P.9945.89).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.51]
Depicts a small, brick railroad station. For views of similar designs see Leslie Station (P.9945.41); Childs Station (P.9945.47); and Kiamensi Station (P.9945.62)
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.16]
