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Title: [Christmas tree, interior, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk]
Description: Views of an ornamented Christmas tree in the corner of a room in the photographer's home., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.41 ; P.8986.43]

Title: View at Landsdown
Description: Landscape view from hilltop showing trees in Lansdowne section of West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Parks [P.9466.18]

Title: Spring flowers
Description: Photograph of bare trees and flowered ground cover leading into a gully, hidden by dense fog. A sandy path goes off to the left., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.16]

Title: Up the Schuylkill from Sweet Briar walk
Description: Landscape view showing trees that obscure the Schuylkill River in the background., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9058.169]

Title: [Landscape with trees at dusk]
Description: View of trees silhouetted against cloudy sky., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.4: same neg., 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 65b [P.8513.65b], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson65b.htm

Title: View in Rittenhouse Square
Description: Shows a grove of trees in the square., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Parks & squares [(8)1322.F.9h]

Title: [Boxwood tree]
Description: Depicts large tree, with branches reaching the ground., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: One of the largest boxwood trees we ever saw. It is on an estate west of 69 and Market Sts., is at least 18 ft high and is approximately 30 ft wide at the base. (Tell about colored caretaker and our arrival through the rear entrance.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 65a [P.8513.65a], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson65a.htm

Title: Tree. 13th and Locust Sts
Description: View of tree growing out of sidewalk next to brick building with bay windows., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Said to have been planted by Alexander Hamilton. (Get in touch with Mr. Jackson about this. Tell story about old negro.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 135 [P.8513.135], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson135.htm

Title: [Cohocking Creek, near Germantown, Philadelphia]
Description: View depicting a posed male figure near birch trees at Cohocking Creek near Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's gilt label pasted 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., Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8543]

Title: Mill dam on Mill Creek
Description: Landscape view showing a tree-lined creek from a dam. Includes a pile of stones in the foreground and a building on the bank of the creek in the right background., Title from manuscript notes on mount and verso., Attributed to John Moran., 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. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9079.8]

Title: Drive along the Schuylkill
Description: Landscape view of rolling hills, bare trees, and tree stumps., Title one of eighty-eight views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 1-57; 126-138; 1000-1018)., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted 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., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.63]

Title: [Scene with fence, garden, and buildings]
Description: Depicts a garden beyond a fence in the foreground, with buildings in the background., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 53a [P.8513.53a], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson53a.htm

Title: Cobbs Creek
Description: Idyllic scene of sun shining onto water through trees on the banks of Cobbs Creek., Title from manuscript on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Quiet water. One of the little tributaries to Cobbs Creek W of 69" and Market Sts., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 68 [P.8513.68], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson68.htm

Title: Cobbs Creek
Description: View of rocky creek with a few leafless trees on banks., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Late fall - Cobbs Creek above falls (about 1/4 mile). Note old crumbling bridge head - middle distance left. The water was cold and decidedly damp. O, we know - we went in with both feet. Slipped on one of those so called crossing stones. Double crossing stones would be more apropos., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 62 [P.8513.62], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson62.htm

Title: [A shady glade near the Pennypack, north Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts Pennypack Creek flowing downhill past rocks and beneath trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A shady glade - near the Pennypack, no. Phila. We follow this ridge of rock down hill a few hundred feet and come upon a small brook as well as one of its wee tributaries., Duplicate: P.8513.2: same neg., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 72 [P.8513.72], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson72.htm

Title: Remington Rd. just beyond 69th and Market Sts
Description: View of bridge crossing rocky creek bordered by trees., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A more romantic stretch of road than the Wissahickon Drive, but not as well kept. Deserted old houses, old bridge heads, huge rock outcroppings, a laughing stream that ever and anon in placid mood seems to whimsically borrod over the sun kissed ripples that have gone or the babble of playful turbulance [sic] to the fore. All these things greet the eye. Travelers do not jamb the road or paths and automobiles praise Heaven are few., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 66 [P.8513.66], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson66.htm

Title: [Landscape in winter west of Frankford Elevated terminal at 69th and Market Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of ice and snow-covered trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: West of 69" St terminal of El. The houses of the city can be seen east of this point., Similar view to P.8513.59., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 67 [P.8513.67], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson67.htm

Title: [Trees covered in ice and snow near the Frankford Elevated at 69th and Market Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A little west of 69: St. El., terminal. A group of ice laden trees and underbrush., Similar view to P.8513.67., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 59 [P.8513.59], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson59.htm

Title: [Landscape with dirt path]
Description: View of dirt path bordered by trees., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 53b [P.8513.53b], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson53b.htm

Title: This tree was literally a shower of gold in the setting sun of late autumn
Description: Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Flanked on either [side] by the deep green of the spruce the picture was one worthy of a master brush. On an estate a little to the west of 69" and Market Sts., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 76 [P.8513.76], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson76.htm

Title: This tree was literally a shower of gold in the setting sun of late autumn
Description: Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Flanked on either [side] by the deep green of the spruce the picture was one worthy of a master brush. On an estate a little to the west of 69" and Market Sts., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 76 [P.8513.76], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson76.htm

Title: View in Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: View of fenced-in garden adorned by decorative urns used as planters in Fairmount Park., Title and photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of J.F. Dallet.
Creator: Morse, S. R.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Morse - Parks [P.9500.2]

Title: [Trees covered in ice and snow west of 69th Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Snow and ice cover the ground and trees beyond a fence, west of 69th St, Philadelphia., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 69th St. (a few blocks beyond) within sight of City Hall (figuratively). Trees covered with ice., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 79 [P.8513.79], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson79.htm

Title: Pine tree - Bartram gardens Phila
Description: View of tall tree standing apart from other leafless trees near a bench. Bartram's Garden, the first botanic garden in the country cultivated by botanist and farmer John Bartram in the mid 18th century, was restored by the John Bartram Association in the 1920s after many years of neglect., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 photo - Wilson [P.8513.63], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson63.htm

Title: [Cedar and oak trees on a private estate along the upper Delaware River]
Description: Depicts rows of cedar trees, a taller oak tree behind them, and part of a building's porch., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 7 little cedar trees with an old oak forming the background. Note the inviting little entrance into the sylvan enclosure. Mayhap if one were a child, one could see fairies and sylphs disporting themselves in the moonlight within this little haven. Private estate along the upper Delaware., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 51 [P.8513.51], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson51.htm

Title: A noble old oak
Description: View from a distance of large oak tree. A wooden structure surrounds base of tree trunk and provides benches. Man and woman sit on bench under tree., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: It is well over 100 years old, is at least 50 ft high and has a spread of 35 ft. It is on an estate in Germantown., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 57 [P.8513.57], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson57.htm

Title: Nay Aug Falls, Pa
Description: View depicting the rushing water of Nay Aug Falls in Scranton, Pa. Trees and shrubs grow on both sides of the falls that were approximately fifteen-feet high., Title from manuscript note written on mount on recto., Date inferred from content., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer’s label on verso: No. [120] Johnson’s Photographic Views, Tenth Series, Studies from Nature [Nay Aug Falls] Photographed by T.H. Johnson, Scranton, Pa., Color two-cent internal revenue stamp with portrait of George Washington on verso., Manuscript note written on verso: [Bo’t of?] Ballantyne – 7th ed. Wash. D.C. June 6, 65. 32[?]., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Johnson, T.H. (Thomas H.), 1821-
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.50]

Title: Stenton, side view and part of garden
Description: Depicts an old gnarled tree in the garden of Stenton, including a partial view of the house and the adjacent property in the background., Inscribed in negative: 2263., Title from negative sleeve., Dwelling built 1728-1734 by James Logan. The house remained in the Logan family until the early 20th century when the city acquired the property in 1910.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.32]

Title: Cypress planted by John Bartram. In 1830 it was 91 years old, 112 ft. high, 25 ft. in circumference
Description: Depicts a man standing next to a cypress tree planted by John Bartram on his estate circa 1740. The man is barely visible next to the gigantic tree., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Dwelling built 1730-1731 and altered in 1770 by botanist John Bartram.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.143]

Title: Views of the Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
Description: Series of titled landscape views include, "View on Broadhead's Creek," "Little Bushkill Creek, above the Falls," "Buttermilk Falls," "Buttermilk Falls, vicinity of Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania," "Caldeno Falls," "Delaware River, from Prospect Rock," "The Gap, Blockhead Mountain," "The Gap, from the bed of the river," "Gap, from Table Rock, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania," "Marshall's Falls, Marshall's Creek," and "Mossy dell". Images depict tree-lined creeks, waterfalls, rocks, dams, a mossy dell and a snake in the Delaware Water Gap. Many of the views contain posed male figures, possibly John Moran and John Storey., Titles printed on labels pasted on versos., Photographer's labels pasted on versos., Imprint of distributor, Johnson & D'Utassy, photographers, printed on verso of two items in series: 952, 954, 956 Broadway, New York, corner Madison Square, opposite Fifth Avenue Hotel, and Kittatinny House, Delaware Water Gap, Pa. All branches of the photographic art executed in the most skillful manner and with despatch. Photographs colored in oil or water colors or india ink. N.B. A large and choice collection of stereoscopic views, taken from nature, on hand. John H. Johnson. Fred. George D'Utassy., Imprint of distributor, J.W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street, stamped on verso of one items in series., Buff and yellow mounts with square and rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran and Storey was a short-lived partnership between Philadelphia photographers John Moran and John Storey in the early 1860s.
Creator: Moran & Storey
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran & Storey - Views [8248.F.2-4; 8248.F.12; 8353.F.29; P. 2002.4.2; P.8771; P.8899; P.8982; P.9009.3; P.9079.7; P.9168.5; P.9462.21; P.9466.11-13]

Title: Summer rambles. - Frankford Creek
Description: View of a tree stump covered with brush on the bank of the Frankford Creek in Philadelphia, Pa. The stump, with an overgrowth of plants on top of it, rests on the edge of the bank as the creek flows around it. Trees and shrubs are visible growing in the background., Attributed to John Moran., Half of stereograph., Yellow mount with square corners., Title stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., See duplicate copy: Doret Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.51]., 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. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Frankford [5759.F.19]

Title: [Cobbs Creek, near the Cobbs Creek Golf Course, Philadelphia]
Description: View of rocky creek bordered by snow-covered ground and trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Near Public Golf Course. 69 St. Terminal of El. Trees encased in ice. Water was cold. I know. I slid in - both feet., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 60 [P.8513.60], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson60.htm

Title: Summer rambles. - Frankford Creek
Description: View of a tree stump covered with brush on the bank of the Frankford Creek in Philadelphia, Pa. The stump, with an overgrowth of plants on top of it, rests on the edge of the bank as the creek flows around it. Trees and shrubs are visible growing in the background., Title from item., Date from manuscript note written on verso: Nov. 14, 62, -- 25 [?], Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Distributor's name embossed on mount on recto: Paul & Curtis, New York., Manuscript note written on verso: Frankford Creek, near Phila. Penn., Gift of David Doret., See duplicate, trimmed copy: stereo - Moran - Views - Frankford [5759.F.19].
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: Nov. 14, 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.51]

Title: Old Philadelphia Views Album
Description: Album of photographs, predominately half stereographs, of landscape views of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Images include views of Frankford Creek, Tohickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek, Tacony Creek, Pleasantville, Crescentville, Germantown, Fairmount Park near the water works, and winter scenery. Also contains photographs of Stenton, Woodlands Cemetery, the Desilverwood Estate (Holmesburg), the Burd family monuments at St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia), the city garden of Joseph R. Evans (329 Pine Street), Atlantic City, and Richmond, Va. Images include trees, creek banks, rocks, waterfalls, dams, bridges, mills, and farm land. Many also include posed figures, including a man, probably one of Moran's artist brothers Edward or Thomas, painting in a ravine and scenes titled "Student at Work"; "Autumn in the Woods - burning leaves"; and "Sit up Sir" showing a man with a dog.

Title: Old Philadelphia views 1861
Description: Album of photographs, predominately half stereographs, of landscape views of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Images include views of Frankford Creek, Tohickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek, Tacony Creek, Pleasantville, Crescentville, Germantown, Fairmount Park near the water works, and winter scenery. Also contains photographs of Stenton, Woodlands Cemetery, the Desilverwood Estate (Holmesburg), the Burd family monuments at St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia), the city garden of Joseph R. Evans (329 Pine Street), Atlantic City, and Richmond, Va. Images include trees, creek banks, rocks, waterfalls, dams, bridges, mills, and farm land. Many also include posed figures, including a man, probably one of Moran's artist brothers Edward or Thomas, painting in a ravine and scenes titled "Student at Work"; "Autumn in the Woods - burning leaves"; and "Sit up Sir" showing a man with a dog., Title from inscription on spine., Spine stamped in gilt: Photographs., Blue morocco binding., Photographs arranged four to a page, numbered, and identified by captions inscribed below the images., Letter from Ferdinand J. Dreer to [George W. Childs?], March 12, 1861 pasted on verso of front cover. Letter begins "Accept from your friend a few photographs & stereoscope views... of the work of a young native artist" and explains they were not sent for "their intrinsic value, but as beautiful studies and highly artistic.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Ruth Molloy.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: 1860-1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9265]

Title: The Dundas-Lippincott Mansion Commonly known as the "Yellow Mansion." Erected in 1837 on the site of Vauxhill Gardens. The famous elm shown on the right of the picture was a full-grown tree in 1818
Description: Exterior view of the mansion designed by Thomas Ustick Walter. House was commissioned by James Dundas, bequeathed in 1865 to Mrs. Joshua Lippincott and to her son James Dundas Lippincott in 1902., Sheet number: 27A11, Message 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. 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: [Episcopal Church of St James the Less. Grounds entrance showing Nicetown Lane.]
Description: Depicts curved lane bordered by two stone walls. A tree grows behind one wall and shades the lane. Ivy-covered church stands behind the other stone wall on which hangs a sign that reads: Church of St. James The Less. All seats free. Church was built from 1846 to 1850 and designed by architect George Gordon Place., Built 1846-1850. Designed by English architect G.G. Place., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., 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 155 [P.8513.155], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson155.htm

Title: Philadelphia flower show, Commercial Museum, March 7th to 12th 1932
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia Flower Show depicting a floral exhibit. Shows a trail in a forest with trees, shrubs, and pink azalea bushes. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society organized the first flower show in 1829, although the official Philadelphia Flower Show began in 1925 at the Commercial Museum. The show relocated to the 23rd Armory in 1965, to the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1966, and to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in 1996. The Commercial Museum opened in 1897 at 34th and South Streets, Philadelphia., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: 1932
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.23]

Title: The Hotel at French Creek Falls
Description: Watercolor landscape showing an exterior view of the Excursion House or hotel built by Davis Knauer in 1881 in Saint Peters at the Falls of French Creek in Warwick Township, Pennsylvania. Shows the four-story building with several people on the covered porches and a horse tied to a post at the front entrance. A horse-drawn cart carrying two people travels down the road in front of the hotel. In the foreground are large rocks protuding from the hillside, and a man with a walking stick sits on a rock with his dog. Hills of trees grow in the background., Title and date from manuscript note written on verso., Label from Hirscl & Adler Galleries Inc., 21 East 67th Street, New York 21, N.Y. in accession file., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Augustus Kollner was born in Germany and settled in Philadelphia in 1840. An artist, lithographer, and etcher, Kollner produced series of lithographs, etchings, and watercolors in the 1870s and 1890s after sketches he executed in the 1840s. Subjects included Fairmount Park and Pennsylvania.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: [ca. 1884]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.17]

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