Exterior views of the Franklin Institute building constructed 1929-1931 after designs by John Torrey Windrim. Includes the Benjamin Franklin Memorial in the foreground, designed by James Earle Fraser in 1938., Divided backs. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Museums - [P.9441.22 - 23]
Contains two exterior views of Franklin Institute building constructed 1929-1931 after designs by John Torrey Windrim. Also includes the statue of Benjamin Franklin by James Earle Fraser in Franklin Hall of the new Institute building, and the Foucault Pendulum., Includes three cards published by Ruth Murray Miller of Philadelphia and two cards published by the Union News Company of New York., Contains 3 postcards printed in black and white and 2 linen postcards., Sheet numbers: 27B03C, 27B04, 27L03 and 27L04., 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. 1935
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Advertisement containing a view of a chemistry laboratory during the middle ages. Shows the chemist and his assistants performing experiments surrounded by flasks of chemical solutions, books, a cauldron, and a fish hanging from the ceiling. Scene surrounded by an ornate border containing flags, flowers, chemical packets, and equipment used in chemistry including flasks, mortars, and burners. Also contains advertising text lithographed on the verso announcing the employment by Duval & Son of James Queen as superintendent of their drawing department. Text also promotes the ability of the firm to "execute any style of work" including portraits, anatomical and engineer drawings, views of factories, show cards, bill heads, and circulars., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 121
Creator
P.S. Duval & Son
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements - D [(2)5786.F.121a]
Life membership certificate containing a montage of plants, animals, minerals and fossils to represent different fields of the natural sciences, i.e., natural history, taught at the institute. Iconography encircles an oval containing the certificate text. Includes a bat for "Mammalia"; a human skull for "Anatomy"; an eagle for "Ornithology" perched on a slab with rocks and minerals for "Mineralogy"; a butterfly for "Entomology"; stems of flowers and plants for "Botany"; a thorny fish for "Ichtheology"; pre-historic crustaceans for "Palaeonotolgy"; the skeleton of an elephant for "Comparative Anatomy"; a shell for "Conchology"; a rattlesnake for "Herpetology"; a horseshoe crab for "Crustacea"; and Fossils - "Botany," Entomology," "Crustacea," and "Zoology" showing a fossilized plant, fish, dragon fly and lobster. Filigree adorns the corners. Wagner Free Institute was founded in 1855 by philanthropist and professor William Wagner to provide free public education in the sciences. Wagner donated his large collection of specimens and his science library in addition to monetary support to establish the institution., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 266, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Wagner Free, P. S. Duval & Co. operated as a firm 1851-1857., Inscription lower left corner torn: Est. C. J. [ ?].
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Certificates - Wagner Free
A speech delievered to the Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science calling for the United States to uphold its literature as separate from that of Great Britain. The library's holdings were added to the Library Company of Philadelphia's collection in 1840., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Copy owned by James Rush and signed by Peter Du Ponceau., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject.
Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Date
1834
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1834 Du Po
Printed catalog of the Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science, including articles and rules at the beginning. The library's holdings were added to the Library Company of Philadelphia's collection in 1840., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject.
Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator
Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science
Date
1835
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1835 Pen Lib
A paper outlining Lloyd P. Smith's book classification system, which he presented to the American Library Assocation in May 1882., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., The front endpaper is inscribed, "George M. Abbott Esq with the kindest regards of the author. Euge serve bone, et fidelis : quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam." Contains considerable marginalia. The text is the same as MSS00270v184., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject.
Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator
Smith, Lloyd P. (Lloyd Pearsall), 1822-1886
Date
1882
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v105
A statement, report, and the constitution for the Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science. The library's holdings were added to the Library Company of Philadelphia's collection in 1840., Title devised by cataloger., Printing information taken from last page., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject.
Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator
Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science
Date
1831
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1831 Pen Lib of For
Aerial view of the Franklin Institute looking south-west towards 30th Street Station. Located at 20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the science museum was built 1929-1931 after the designs of John T. Windrim. Logan Circle, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Schuylkill River are visible., Negative number: 16541n., Negative dated July 31, 1934.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1934
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.16541n]
Translated by Thomas Nugent., Pagination: v. 1: viii, [20], 452, [48] p.; v. 2: [2], xvi, 483, [1] p., Signatures: v. 1: A⁸ a⁶ B-2F⁸ 2G² 2K-2M⁸; v. 2: pi a⁸ B-2H⁸ 2I² (2I2 verso blank)., Errata, [1] p. preceding p. 1 in v. 1., Includes index., Bookseller's advertisements, final [2] p. in v. 1.
Creator
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755
Date
[MDCCL. [1750]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare E Monte 70.O
Translated by Thomas Nugent., Pagination: v. 1: viii, [20], 452, [48] p.; v. 2: [2], xvi, 483, [1] p., Signatures: v. 1: A⁸ a⁶ B-2F⁸ 2G² 2K-2M⁸; v. 2: pi a⁸ B-2H⁸ 2I² (2I2 verso blank)., Errata, [1] p. preceding p. 1 in v. 1., Includes index., Bookseller's advertisements, final [2] p. in v. 1.
Creator
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755
Date
[MDCCL. [1750]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare E Monte 70.O
A Union soldier reads a copy of "Hardee's Tactics," a manual popular during the Civil War. His uniform is patched, and he has sideburns and facial hair stubble. "Burnside" refers to Union General Ambrose Burnside, whose style of facial hair came to be known as sideburns., Text: Be dad, and I'm after an officer's place, / And I think I am just the bold boy, / That can show old Burnside the way to advance, / And give the whole country much joy., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector., Provenance: Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881., Provenance: Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873. Rifle and light infantry tactics
Illustration printed on upper half of stationery paper pasted onto front flyleaf of magazine volume. Includes hand-written form letter under the illustration signed by William M. Huddy and P. S. Duval outlining prices of "coloured" versus "plain" plates. Illustration depicts the four-story corner lithographic establishment of P. S. Duval and the headquarters for the United States Military Magazine at the northwest corner of Bank Alley and Dock Street (i.e., 227 Dock Street). A signboard for a house painter adorns the adjacent property facing Dock Street and "Birch's Auctions" occupies the property at the west end of Bank Alley facing Third Street. A row of cavalry soldiers faces east on Dock Street, as pedestrians, soldiers on foot, and a dog congestl the sidewalks in the foreground. The portico and columns of a stately building, probably part of the Merchant's Exchange, are visible across from Duval's establishment. Dock Street building was demolished in 1924., Published in the Military magazine and record of the volunteers of the city and county (Philadelphia, Pa.: [Published by William M. Huddy], 1839)., Duval & Huddy published the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," between 1839 and 1842. P.S. Duval occupied 7 Bank Alley between 1835 and 1848., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 78, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: *Per M 102.3 5531.Q, vol. 1.
Date
1839
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W262 [*Per M 102.3 5531.Q v. 1], http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W262.htm
