Search results

Title: Manayunk: in the summer
Description: Depicts railroad tracks, stone wall bordering tracks, and stone steps leading to tracks in foreground. Houses built on hills of Manayunk appear in the background., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: The Readnig [sic] [Reading] R.R. tracks run along this street, which is the first street north of Main St., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 198 [P.8513.198], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson198.htm

Title: Rising mist after rain. Juniata River
Description: Landscape view showing a man standing on railroad tracks running parallel to the Juniata River. Also shows mountains in the distance., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging 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. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8992.21]

Title: Machinery Hall
Description: Views looking southwest at the east and north elevations of Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson for the Centennial fair. Two men work on the railroad tracks while another man stands on the platform under an umbrella in the foreground. Includes a partial view of the landscaped walkways radiating out from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light (not depicted) situated between the Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negatives., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., One print [P.9260.46] includes stamp on mount: Grade 2., White curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2011.47.235] gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.46], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2011.47.235]

Title: [Canada Lumber Exhibit]
Description: View showing the Canadian Log House with men standing on the roof and on the tower surmounted by the American and Canadian flags. Men also stand on the ground level looking toward the camera. Train tracks are visible in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title illegible on negative. Supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Variant of Holstein stereos - P.2011.47.290 & 291., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9299.40]

Title: East Approach of Park Tunnel Looking West, Phila.
Description: View of the east approach of Park Tunnel, looking west. Two men stand near the tracks. A "Red Line" railroad car is visible in the distance, along with the City Park Hotel and a pedestrian bridge spanning the tracks.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.126]

Title: East Approach of Park Tunnel Looking East, Phila.
Description: View of the east approach of Park Tunnel, looking east from the pedestrian bridge spanning the tracks near the City Park Hotel.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.127]

Title: State b'l'd'g's, New Hampshire Day
Description: View looking northeast showing a cluster of state buildings along State Avenue on New Hampshire Day on October 12, 1876, including the buildings constructed for Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Michigan. Also shows spectators walking along a path that runs parallel to railroad tracks in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.178]

Title: Republic Avenue from Mach. Hall
Description: Rooftop view looking east along the Avenue of the Republic, showing pedestrians and horse-drawn carts traveling the thoroughfare and railroad tracks running parallel to the road on the north side. Also shows buildings facing the avenue, including the roof and side of Machinery Hall and part of the west front of the Main Exhibition Building, both designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Also visible on the north side are the World's Ticket Office designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, Judges' Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann and Hugh Kafka, and the dome of Memorial Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.300., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.179]

Title: The scenery of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road
Description: Scenic views showing the Horse Shoe Curve and Pack Saddle along the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Views also show locomotives, men posed on rock ledges, including one labeled "Sit Box," railroad tracks, and townscape., Series title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Three of the series numbered. Collection contains: 341; 517; 703., Two of stereographs inscribed on verso: T.N. Haskill., Gift of Jessy Randall., Created postfreeze., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, William T.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.2005.19.1-4]

Title: Views from the Reading Railroad near Reading, Pa
Description: Views of the rocky landscape adjacent to railroad tracks near Reading, Pa., including the Lebanon Valley Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Includes a man standing in front of a steep, rocky hill and a horse-drawn coach resting near the river. The bridge, completed in 1857, was burned down during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877., Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.19 and P.8484.21: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.8484.19-21; P.8731.1; P.9462.7]

Title: Junc. R.R. tunnel under Market & Chestnut Sts
Description: Views show two sets of railroad tracks running under the stone arch of the Market Street Tunnel, built by the Junction Railroad and opened on July 1, 1866. One image includes men sitting on the tracks and standing with a stick on the rails., Title from photographer's printed label on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Transportation [P.9466.3 and P.9462.6]

Title: Holy Trinity, Sixth and Spruce sts
Description: Shows the German Roman Catholic church built 1789 at 601-613 Spruce Street. View also includes street railroad tracks in the foreground., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited ., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Religion [(4)1322.F.74b]

Title: [Real estate development by E. A. Havens Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Aerial views of a portion of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, presumably of land owned and/or developed by the E. A. Havens Company. The wide view shows areas of the city south and west of Lancaster Avenue (U.S. Route 30). A portion of the Main Line railroad tracks are also visible., Negative numbers: 6124a.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6124a]

Title: [St. James Church, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the Protestant Episcopal church at Seventh and Commerce streets above Market Street. The Georgian-style building, built 1807-1809, was demolished circa 1871 when the congregation relocated to Twenty-second Street. Also shows adjacent buildings, including John Heumann's boot and shoe store at 13 North 7th Street. Street railroad tracks are visible in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Purple 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: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Reigion [1322.F.156g]

Title: [St. James Church, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the Protestant Episcopal church at Seventh and Commerce streets above Market Street. The Georgian-style building, built 1807-1809, was demolished circa 1871 when the congregation relocated to Twenty-second Street. Also shows adjacent buildings, including John Heumann's boot and shoe store at 13 North 7th Street. Street railroad tracks are visible in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Purple 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: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Reigion [1322.F.156g]

Title: Lake from Mach. Hall
Description: Rooftop view from Machinery Hall looking northwest showing the lake and buildings surrounding it, including the World's Ticket Office designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, the Trois Frères Provençaux French Restaurant and the music pavilion in the middle of Belmont and Fountain Avenues. The Avenue of the Republic is visible in the foreground with railroad tracks running parallel to the road on the north side. Also shows a fountain in the middle of the lake and a canoe docked on the opposite shore. State buildings are visible in the left background. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.181]

Title: [22nd Street, west side north of Market Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing an African American man laborer and two horse-drawn carts in front of the Philadelphia Gas Works building. Shows the man, attired in a cap, a coat, pants, and shoes, standing in the street with his right hand on top of the cart. Trolley tracks line the street. Includes partial view of a railroad overpass., Inscribed in negative: 215011., Inscribed in negative: 9 30 13., Title from manuscript note on negative envelope: Penna. R.R. Co. 22nd St. W. side North of Market St. September 29, 1913. Pennsylvania Railroad No. 177. 214924., Photograph commissioned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company., Purchase 1981., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Creator: Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer
Date: September 30, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jennings [P.9480.215811]

Title: [Railroad overpass to Reading Terminal over Poplar Street near Ninth Street, Philadelphia, March 18, 1913]
Description: Scene showing a commercial section of Poplar Street surveyed for a Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad street grade elevation project. Trolley tracks run down the cobblestone street lined with stores including grocers and a butcher. Customers, including an African American man, peruse one of the grocery store's display of canned peaches. In front of "Greisinger Co. Meats," 907 Poplar Street, an African American man stands in the street near a cart. Other storefronts with awnings are seen in the distance behind the overpass. Reading Railroad terminal was located at 12th and Market streets., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: (907 Poplar)., Inscribed in negative: 12708; 3-18-13; 0.690, Stamp on verso: Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co., Huntingdon St., Apr. 11, 1914, Philadelphia, Ass't Engineers Office., Illegible manuscript note on verso., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner, 1984., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Creator: Harrison, Edward, photographer
Date: [March 18, 1913]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company [P.9057.177]

Title: [Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company tracks under construction to raise grade crossings, Ninth Street above Poplar Street in Philadelphia]
Description: View of fenced in railroad tracks under construction with a railroad construction crew in the distance. The project, to raise tracks above street level to prevent pedestrian casualties from Wayne Junction to Spring Garden Street, lasted from 1907 to 1911. Residences and businesses line the street. Inside the fence, pedestrians, including African Americans, look on from and traverse the makeshift dirt walkways. An African American woman looks on from a second story window, Negative inscribed: 10255; 3-7-10; 0-65., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Meyers STW 4 23 13., Forms part of: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Photograph Collection., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Creator: Harrison, Edward, photographer
Date: March 7, 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company [P.9260.420]

Main menu