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Title: Phila
Description: Watercolor showing a small sailboat on a tree-lined river, presumably the Schuylkill River. Includes a building on the opposite bank of the river in the background., Title from manuscript note on recto., Manuscript note in pencil on recto: 1842., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1842]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.11]

Title: Reward of merit
Description: Contains vignette showing a scene with the theme of salvation, including a missionary. Ships approach a coastline on which a missionary and cross are encircled by converts attired in robes. Tribesmen watch from a cliff above., Presented to William W. Waln. By S. A. Fell., 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. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Rewards of Merit [P.2011.10.150]

Title: East view of Philadelphia, Pennsylva. and part of Camden, New Jersey
Description: Bird's eye view looking from Camden toward the east side of the city. Tree-lined blocks of residential and commercial buildings in Camden predominate the foreground. The tower of the Philadelphia-Camden Ferry House and light traffic on Market Street comprises the townscape as well. Several types of vessels, including ferries, steamboats, and sailing ships traverse the Delaware River. In the distance, the cityscape of Philadelphia between Port Richmond and Southwark to West Philadelphia is visible. Includes Fairmount, Girard College, the Navy Yard, Blockley Almshouse, and the steeple of Christ Church. View also shows Smith and Windmill islands, and several ships docked along the piers lining the Delaware riverfront., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 200, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc864 K81.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: c1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W104 [P.2083]

Title: Philadelphia. S.E. view
Description: Panoramic view looking northwest from the Delaware River showing the southeast part of the city. Several vessels, including sailboats, rowboats, and a steamboat travel in the Delaware past cityscape and Windmill and Smith Islands. Cityscape includes the Navy Yard, Spark's shot tower, and the steeple of Christ Church., Plate 7 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Copyrighted by Aug. Köllner., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 593/594, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist
Date: c1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - View [P.2283.22]

Title: Philadelphia. S.E. view
Description: Panoramic view looking northwest from the Delaware River showing the southeast part of the city. Several vessels, including sailboats, rowboats, and a steamboat travel in the Delaware past cityscape and Windmill and Smith Islands. Cityscape includes the Navy Yard, Spark's shot tower, and the steeple of Christ Church., Plate 7 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Copyrighted by Aug. Köllner., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 593/594, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Upper corners clipped.
Creator: Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist
Date: c1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views [P.2283.21]

Title: Fleet of ships sailing south on the Delaware River, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of a fleet of ships sailing down the Delaware River. Good portions of the riverfronts of Camden and Philadelphia are visible; Center City and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge can be seen in the distance. View looks northwest from the New Jersey side of the river south of Camden., Negative numbers: 6769, 6770.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6769; P.8990.6770]

Title: Wm. Akers, Jr. & Co., china and glassware, 921 Market Street, Phila
Description: Trade card illustration for Wm. Akers, Jr. & Co. china and glassware business is cut in the shape of a colorful tea cup and saucer., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Akers [P.9728.4]

Title: Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th, 1862
Description: Shows the ironclad, officially named Virginia, exploding after being set on fire by the Confederate Navy to avoid capture by Union forces following the evacuation of Norfolk, Virginia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles [5779.F.52]

Title: [Trade cards for Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for the Cincinnati lithographers, engravers, and printers. Imagery includes an allegorical female figure seated near objects symbolic of the arts and sciences, including a paint palette, compass, globe, and books and scenes of a farmer at his plow, a traveling locomotive, and sailing vessels on the ocean. Other pictorial details include ornate frames surrounding advertising text. Frames contain scrolls and bunches of grapes. The premier firm established in 1856 operated as Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co. between 1860 and 1869., Title supplied by cataloger., Color lithographs printed in either blue, green, or violet ink., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1860-1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.146e, h, j- l & o]

Title: [Trade cards for Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for the Cincinnati lithographers, engravers, and printers. Imagery includes an allegorical female figure seated near objects symbolic of the arts and sciences, including a paint palette, compass, globe, and books and scenes of a farmer at his plow, a traveling locomotive, and sailing vessels on the ocean. Other pictorial details include ornate frames surrounding advertising text. Frames contain scrolls and bunches of grapes. The premier firm established in 1856 operated as Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co. between 1860 and 1869., Title supplied by cataloger., Color lithographs printed in either blue, green, or violet ink., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1860-1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.146e, h, j- l & o]

Title: [View showing the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Shows four of the main buildings near the Schuylkill River. Includes the Art Gallery, Main Building, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Also shows sailing vessels, including the steamboat "Belmont," traversing the river in the foreground. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Probably by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.3]

Title: To Fenstermacher Brothers, Dr. Shipping and commission merchants, no. 5 Walnut Street, above Delaware Avenue, oysters, fruits, poultry, &c
Description: Billhead containing a vignette view showing a shipping dock. Stevedores load and unload horse-drawn wagons parked near a wharf. Ships are visible in the background and rows of barrels and baskets lay on the ground in the foreground., Completed in manuscript to Mr. A. F. [Kunk?] on July 19, 1873 for "1 Bbl Potatoes" $5.75; "Cartage" $.10: 5.85., Manuscript note on recto: Rec Payment Fensmach [illegible] Aug 9/73, Printed below image: Copyright Secured, Manuscript note on verso: Fenstermach & Bro $5.85., Calculation in pencil inscribed 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.130]

Title: Steam tugs, Columbus and Alert. Vessels of all classes towed to and from sea and about the harbor; towing to and from Schuylkill and all other descriptions promptly attended to. S. Flanagan No. 78 South Delaware Avenue
Description: Advertisement for two tug boats, Columbus and Alert, depicting in the foreground the Columbus tugboat breaking the ice with a square-rigged ship in tow. Foggy view includes the helmsperson in the wheelhouse, and a man swinging open a door on the port side of the cabin. The steam tug, Alert, is visible in the left background, along with the horizon of Philadelphia. This scene is likely on the Schuylkill River., Additional title information on recto of lithograph provides the dimensions of both tugboats., Date supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 725, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Rease & Schell, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W353 [P.2258]

Title: The Union iron clad Monitor "Montauk." Destroying the rebel steamship "Nashville," in the Ogeeche River, near Savannah Ga. _. Febry. 27, 1863
Description: Shows the Union ironclad firing at the "Nashvile" as it bursts into flame from a previous artillery strike., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Montauk [5779.F.42]

Title: U.S. iron clad steamer, New Ironsides. [graphic] : Machinery & armour by Merrick & Sons. Hull by Cramp & Sons. Philadelphia.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views., View of the Civil War armored vessel, with full sailing rig, out at sea. Also includes the names and titles of the "Officers of the U.S.S. Frigate 'New Ironsides'" and figures for the dimensions, weight, horse power, and armament of the ship below the image. Ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1862 and built by Philadelphia machinists Merrick & Sons and shipbuilders Cramp & Sons. Ship destroyed by fire on December 16, 1866.
Creator: Rease, W. H., creator
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **BW - Transportation [5779.F.61]

Title: Unidentified ceramic exhibit.
Description: A collection of unidentified decorated urns, pitchers, cups, vases, and other pieces of tableware.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - photos [P.9037.3]

Title: U.S. iron clad steamer, New Ironsides Machinery & armour by Merrick & Sons. Hull by Cramp & Sons. Philadelphia
Description: View of the Civil War armored vessel, with full sailing rig, out at sea. Also includes the names and titles of the "Officers of the U.S.S. Frigate 'New Ironsides'" and figures for the dimensions, weight, horse power, and armament of the ship below the image. Ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1862 and built by Philadelphia machinists Merrick & Sons and shipbuilders Cramp & Sons. Ship destroyed by fire on December 16, 1866., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 257, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views.
Creator: Rease, W. H.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Transportation [5779.F.61]

Title: Peters Island, Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: Lithograph showing a man and woman horseback riding, a gentleman walking with his cane, and a man walking with two horses on a towpath in the foreground and Peter's Island, a canal boat, row boat and larger steam vessel on the Schuylkill River in the background. Peter's Island was immediately north of the Columbia Railroad Bridge in Fairmount Park., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.9]

Title: City wharf scene
Description: Etching showing two men and a woman gathered on a wharf with food and drink. One man rests in a wheelbarrel, as the other sits upright next to the woman who leans against a wooden fence with her hands clasped. Also shows boats and the riverscape in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: 1894
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.20]

Title: Adams & Co's express. Eastern, Western, and Northern package express, for the conveyance of merchandise, specie, baggage, &c, &c, and insurance effected, whenever required on any package, to its full amount of value
Description: Bill of lading for the Philadelphia branch (est. circa 1843) of the rail express service company started by Alvin Adams of Boston in 1840. Contains vignette showing an "Adams & Co. Express" train crossing over a stone bridge under which a horse-drawn wagon travels. In the background, a ship sails and in the foreground, two men watch the train from a valley., Name of proprietors (Alvin Adams, W.B. Dinsmore, E. S. Sanford, E. S. Shoemaker) and office locations (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond) printed below and to side of image., Contains N.B. explicating that Adams & Co. are "alone responsible for the loss or injury of any article or property of any description entrusted to their care...", Completed in manuscript for J. S. Myers shipping one tin box to Wm. Gadsby, Washington, DC., dated March 17, 1852, signed: For the Proprietors, [D Nussing?]., Numeric calculations inscribed 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., Small section of bottom edge torn off.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.116]

Title: Steel's Bay Printing Company [certificate]
Description: Stock certificate containing a view of the printing company in "Camden Co. New Jersey." View shows the factory building, including smokestacks and a tank, along a riverbank. Men in a rowboat and a sailboat are visible on the water in the foreground. Certificate also contains pictorial details deisgned as frames surrounding printed text and a space for a stamp. Details include flowers, scrolls, and filigree., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.237b]

Title: Adams & Co.'s Express, 116 Chestnut St. Philadelphia Commissions executed in all the principal cities of the world
Description: Label for the Philadelphia branch (est. circa 1843) of the rail express service company started by Alvin Adams of Boston in 1840. Contains an ornate border and vignettes. Vignettes depict a horse-drawn delivery wagon transporting several crates; sailing ships; and traveling railroad trains. Border details include filigree and flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.38o]

Title: Philadelphia, von dem grossen Baume zu Kensington aus geschen, unter welchem William Penn den tractat mit den Indianern abschloss
Description: View looking toward the city from the Penn Treaty Tree and Monument in Kensington. In the foreground, two men stand between the monument marked "William Penn's Landing Place" and the elm tree across from men working at the piers and arriving by skiff at the riverbank. Laborers pile sacks on the dock, transport goods by boat, and load a wagon. In the background, tall ships are docked, vessels travel the Delaware River, and cityscape is visible. The monument was erected in 1827 by the Penn Society to commemorate the site of William Penn's Treaty with the Delaware Indians at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 599, Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia., Traubel assumed proprietorship of the Kuhl lithography studio at 46 1/2 Walnut Street circa 1854 under the firm name Traubel & Co.
Creator: Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - P [(1)1525.F.53c]

Title: Piers on the Delaware River south of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the piers along the Delaware River riverfront south of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge (formerly the Delaware River Bridge). Various types of boats are visible on the river, as are both the Camden, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania riverfronts. Views extend as far south as Oregon and Pattison Avenues., Negative numbers: 21737s, 21739s, 21740s.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1941
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.21737s; P.8990.21739s; P.8990.21740s]

Title: Delaware River waterfront at Washington Avenue, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the piers at Washington and Delaware Avenues in South Philadelphia. Ships are docked at the piers. Cars and a trolley can be seen traveling on the city streets. The area to the north and west of the river and the city skyline are visible in the distance., Negative numbers: P279, P280.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P279; P.8990.P280]

Title: Delaware River waterfront at Spring Garden Street, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the piers and industrial buildings along the Delaware riverfront in Northern Liberties. Views face north and west from the vicinity of Spring Garden Street and Delaware Avenue., Negative numbers: 2834, 4860.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2834; P.8990.4860]

Title: [North Philadelphia waterfront looking south along the Delaware River, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of the Delaware River looking south from the Camden, New Jersey side of the river from a low altitude. Ships and industrial facilities are visible and the Philadelphia city skyline can be seen in the distance., Negative numbers: 14734n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: N. Phila Waterfront & Delaware River, Phila, Pa., July 12, 1931 (city in background).
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.14734n]

Title: [Ships on the Delaware River, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of ships on the Delaware River with piers and industrial buildings along the riverfront in the vicinity of Oregon and Delaware Avenues visible behind. The city skyline is visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 25663n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Waterfront, Phila, Pa.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1941
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.25663n]

Title: [Warner Company, Berk Street Wharf, Berk and Beach Streets, Fishtown, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of Warner Company industrial piers on the Delaware waterfront at Berk Street and Beach Street in Fishtown. Facility is shown in its entirety. Piers are marked number 66 and 67. Ships are docked at the pier and what look like construction materials float on barges. A portion of the area just beyond Delaware Avenue to the northwest of the facility is also visible., Negative numbers: 20672n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Warner Co., Berk St. Wharf, Phila, Pa., Oct. 18, 1939.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1939
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.20672n]

Title: [Delaware River waterfront north, vicinity of Port Richmond, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial view of the riverfront from the vicinity of Columbia Avenue looking north. The Reading Railroad Company railroad terminus and Port Richmond are visible in the distance, as are industrial buildings and piers along the riverfront. Ships sail on the river., Negative numbers: 4873., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Philadelphia, Pa, N.E. Waterfront, 1925.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4873]

Title: Hog Island shipyard, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the shipyard at Hog Island in Philadelphia. Industrial buildings and sheds, railroad tracks and shipbuilding equipment can be seen from several angles and many boats and ships are docked in the harbor., Negative numbers: 1211, 1216, 1387, 1388, 2851.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1211; P.8990.1216; P.8990.1387; P.8990.1388; P.8990.2851]

Title: View of the glass works of T. W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr Philada
Description: View showing the premier glass works in Kensington along the bank of the Delaware River, purchased in the late 1810s by English-born boot black maker and patent medicine dealer Thomas Dyott. Shows several of the buildings, including the factory adorned with the sign "T.W. Dyott's Glass Works," at the complex of the works. Smokestacks adorn all the buildings. Also shows a skiff docked near the factory and another sailing on the river. The works also contained a butcher shop, bakery, and chapel. Originally established as the Kensington Glass Works in 1771 by Towars and Leacock, the Dyottville Glass Works manufactured vials, bottles, flask, demijohns, and "indispensable articles." The factory ceased operations following Dyott's conviction for fraud in 1837 but resumed glass manufacturing in 1842 under the new ownership of Henry Seybert and was active until the end of the century., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110. Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 24 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 24., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 801, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.3 a&b and in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D and Am 1831 Mease 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W431 [P.9830.3 a&b]

Title: The bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany 11th 1863 By the gun-boats, commanded by Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, and the Union troops under Maj. Genl. McClernand; the number of prisoners taken was 7000 being more than all the Federal forces in action, also 20 guns 8000 stand of small arms and 200 army wagons, with herds of horse and mules
Description: Shows five Union ironclads firing upon the Confederate fort. Flames rise from the barracks and throngs of Union soldiers disembark from a steamer and storm the grounds of the fort., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Hindman [5779.F.51]

Title: Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns in Hampton Roads March 9 1862. In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "school" of rebel steamers
Description: Shows the smaller Union ironclad and larger Confederate ironclad, officially renamed Virginia, engaged in a cannon fight. In the background, several warships engaged in battle are visible., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Trimmed.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: c1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Merrimac [5779.F.41]

Title: Philadelphia, from Camden, - 1850
Description: Panoramic view looking west from Camden showing the city to West Philadelphia. In the foreground, several bustling piers line the Camden riverfront. Sail ships and steamboats are docked, horse-drawn wagons are loaded and transport goods, and individuals mill on the piers and near the Market Street ferry house. Several vessels, including sail ships, tug boats, and steam boats sail in the river near both riverfronts and around Smith and Windmill islands. In the background, the cityscape of Philadelphia is visible. Includes the Navy Yard, Spark's Shot Tower, the steeples of Christ Church and Independence Hall, and Girard College. Also shows rows of buildings, smokestacks, undeveloped land, and the Schuylkill River in the distant background., Copyright by Francis Smith in Pennsylvania., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 583, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., The Smith brothers, Benjamin, Francis, David and George, were premier and prolific artists and publishers of panoramic city views during the pre-Civil War era., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Views
Creator: Smith, Benjamin F., Jr., 1830-1927, artist
Date: c1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Views [P.8970.31]

Title: Francis Bacon & Co.'s coal yard. Spruce Street Wharf, Schuylkill Philadelphia Vessels loaded with dispatch, by steam power. Office no. 53 South Fourth Street
Description: Advertisement showing the busy coal yard along the Schuylkill River. Yard workers haul cauldrons of coal by pulley and load and transport trucks on a multi-level wharf elevated above and surrounded by piles of coal. A schooner docked near two long boats at the end of the wharf receives a haul of coal from two chutes. A skiff and rowboat flank the boats. Opposite the schooner, a man sails a skiff named "Go On" past a tugboat. Signage for the coal yard is visible behind the tug and several industrial buildings line the wharf in the background. Bacon & Co. operated from the wharf address 1853-1854., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 273, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 76 R 288
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 76 R 288

Title: M. H. Traubel lithographic establishment, 409 Chestnut St. above 4th Philadelphia [circular]
Description: Circular containing patriotic vignettes above paragraphs of advertising text in addition to bank note specimens for the lithographic studio that began operating at 409 Chestnut in 1858. Central vignette shows the figure of Liberty, one breast exposed, holding a shield and a liberty staff beside a fache and eagle. Surrounding vignettes show sailing vessels, the figure of Justice surrounded by symbols of patriotism and trade, and an allegorical scene with three women posed around an anchor with one, seated, and clinging to the legs of another who stands in a forceful stance. Specimens include female figures and the Traubel imprint. Figures depicted as a romanticized peasant woman, the figure of Justice, and a Native American princess, possibly Columbia. Businesses represented include Freed, Ward, & Freed, Commission Merchants, No. 811 Market Street and Bank of the Northern Liberties. Traubel began work as a lithographer in Philadelphia in the early 1850s and worked solely and in partnerships., Not in Wainwright., Text: Permit me to call your attention to the annexed Specimens of Notes, Drafts, Checks, etc. and to my Lithographic Establishment in general where I am prepared to execute all Orders of Commercial & Pictorial Works of which a large variety of Specimens can at any time be examined at my office. I have always on hand a variety of Blank Drafts, Notes, Checks & Bills of Exchange bound in small books or on sheets where names of Firms can be inserted at a very short Notice, at moderate prices. Manufacturers Tickets & Sample Cards, Perfumery, Drug and all other Kinds of Labels & Showcards furnished to order in Chromo or in black. Having been in this business in Europe and this country for a number of years and being therefore well experienced in all branches of this Art. I can guarantee all Orders entrusted to my Care to be executed in a most superior Style., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 118, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: HSP Society Print Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Print Trade & Allied Business Folder - Traubel
Creator: Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Society Print Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Print Trade & Allied Business Folder - Traubel

Title: Fairmount
Description: View looking toward Reservoir Hill showing the engine house, mill house, and mound dam of the water works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. A row boat and sail boat are visible on the Schuylkill River in the foreground., Not in Wainwright., pdcj00003, Date from manuscript note on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 227, Free Library of Philadelphia: FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 51, Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [1848]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 51

Title: Windmill Island
Description: View looking from Philadelphia toward Windmill Island in the Delaware River. In the foreground, the edges of piers are visible. Sailboats and a steamboat traverse the river. The island, including a building and several trees (left), and the cityscape of Camden (right) comprise the background. In 1838 a channel was cut through Windmill Island in the Delaware River to improve navigation between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey. Smith Island to the north and Windmill Island to the south served as summer resort areas. Removal of the islands to allow unobstructed navigation of the river was completed in 1897., Title written on recto., Artist's signature and date written in lower right corner.
Creator: Anderson, Reginald, artist
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret & Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.5]

Title: Ho! for the ironclad ship! The yard will be open for visitors on Friday & Saturday. The launch will take place at noon, Saturday, May 10th, 1862. Passengers can take the 2d & 3d Street passenger cars. Exchange tickets are sold by all connecting roads
Description: The ironclad New Ironsides was built at Philadelphia and launched May 10, 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Ho for (2)5786.F.131b (McAllister)

Title: Atlantic Refining Company plant, 3314 Passyunk Avenue, Point Breeze, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the Atlantic Refining Company (later Atlantic Richfield Co. or ARCO) petroleum refinery plant along the Schuylkill River in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia. The company was founded as the Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company in 1866 as a storage facility but quickly expanded operations to include refining as the possible uses of petroleum were discovered. It was purchased by John D. Rockefeller in 1874 and became part of the Standard Oil Trust and became Atlantic Refining Company after the Trust was dissolved in 1911. The facility is shown from several angles and altitudes and includes views of the refining equipment and storage drums as well as boats and ships docked on the river. Probably taken 1921 [1138, 1213]; 1922 [1861]; 1924 [4602-4609]; 1926 [5464-5922]., Negative numbers: 1138, 1213, 1861, 4586, 4602-4609, 5464, 5922., 4602, 4603, 4605, 4606 not digitized; negatives are damaged and cannot be scanned., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1921-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1138; P.8990.1213; P.8990.1861; P.8990.4586; P.8990.4602-4609; P.8990.5464; P.8990.5922]

Title: Atlantic Refining Company plant, 3314 Passyunk Avenue, Point Breeze, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the Atlantic Refining Company (later Atlantic Richfield Co. or ARCO) petroleum refinery plant along the Schuylkill River in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia. The company was founded as the Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company in 1866 as a storage facility but quickly expanded operations to include refining as the possible uses of petroleum were discovered. It was purchased by John D. Rockefeller in 1874 and became part of the Standard Oil Trust and became Atlantic Refining Company after the Trust was dissolved in 1911. The facility is shown from several angles and altitudes and includes views of the refining equipment and storage drums as well as boats and ships docked on the river., Negative numbers: 6110, 6111, 6112, 6113, 6177, 6178, 6180, 6181, 6182, 6183.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6110-6113; P.8990.6177; P.8990.6178; P.8990.6180-6183]

Title: Delaware River waterfront, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the waterfront along the Delaware River in Philadelphia generally south of Market Street to Pattison Avenue. Piers, industrial facilities, railroad tracks, ships and ferries are visible as are portions of neighborhoods adjacent to the waterfront. The city skyline is visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 1196, 1198, 1199, 1201, 2835, 2836, 2843, 2852, 2853, 2854, 2856, 4862a.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1196; P.8990.1198; P.8990.1199; P.8990.1201; P.8990.2835; P.8990.2836; P.8990.2843; P.8990.2852; P.8990.2853; P.8990.2854; P.8990.2856; P.8990.4862a]

Title: [Independent Pier Company, Tioga Marine Terminal, Delaware Avenue at Tioga Street, Port Richmond, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of the Independent Pier Company at the Tioga Marine Terminal along the Delware River in Philadelphia. Adjacent pier are visible and a large ship is docked at the facility. Businesses lining Delaware Avenue just west of the riverfront can be seen as well., Negative numbers: 16099n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Independent Pier Co., Phila, Pa., October 19, 1933.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1933
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.16099n]

Title: Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad terminus on the Delaware River, vicinity of Lehigh Avenue and Richmond Street, Port Richmond, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the terminus of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad at Port Richmond, Philadelphia. Railroad ends at the Delaware River, where an extensive network of railroad tracks, piers and industrial buildings are visible along the riverfront, many of which served the coal trade. Large ships are visible on the river and portions of the city to the north and west of the terminus can be seen in the distance., Negative numbers: 2841, 2842, 4862., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2841; P.8990.2842; P.8990.4862]

Title: Naval Shipyard, League Island, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the Naval Shipyard on League Island at the base of Broad Street in South Philadelphia. Buildings, facilities and equipment are visible on the island and a variety of types of ships can be seen docked in the harbor. Municipal Stadium (later John F. Kennedy Stadium) and South Philadelphia are visible in the murky distance in some shots., Negative numbers: 1346, 2793, 5918, 5923.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1346; P.8990.2973; P.8990.5918; P.8990.5923]

Title: McCahan Sugar Refining Co
Description: Aerial views from different directions and altitudes of the W.J. McCahan Sugar Refining Company between Tasker and Morris Streets along the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Views show vessels docked on piers, activity on wharves, and warehouse and factory buildings. The refinery was erected 1892-1893., Negative numbers: 5399, 5431, 5804, 5805, 5807, 6114, 6115, 6117., Negatives 5804, 5805, and 5807 dated May 5, 1926., 6114 and 6115 not digitized; similar view to 6117.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1925-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5399; P.8990.5431; P.8990.5804-5805; P.8990.5807; P.8990.6114-6115; P.8990.6117]

Title: Rowley, Ashburner & Co.'s oil, alcohol, fluid & pine oil works Rowley, Ashburner & Co., manufacturers, Kensington screw dock, Penn Street above Maiden, Philadelphia. Store, No. 14 North Wharves, Philadelphia. Have constantly on hand, and for sale, at lowest market prices in bbls. and half bbls. alcohol, all qualities, burning fluid, pine oil, or camphene, rice in tierces and half ditto, spirits turpentine, soapmakers' rosin nos. 1, 2 & 3. common shipping rosin, tar, pitch and varnish, sperm oil, lard oil, elephant oil, whale oil, tanners' oil, linseed oil, machinery oil, refined paint oil, common greaing oil, extra refined winter machinery oil, winter, spring and summer strained in any size, refined winter greasing oil, refined black greasing oil, do do grease, no. 1 ship varnish
Description: Advertisement showing the Kensington Screw Dock on North Penn Street above Maiden (ie. Laurel) Street from the tumultuous Delaware River. Three small sailboats navigate the water in the foreground, while shipwrights work on the hull of a square-rigged ship raised in the dry dock in front of the firm's building. At the wharf, horse-drawn drays travel past the neighboring oil manufactory and distillery and a captain, with a dog, leans on a hitching post to which a tugboat is tied. In the rough water of the river, skiffs, sailboats, and a rowboat navigate the choppy waves. Also shows surrounding boathouses, wharves, and buildings lining the riverfront. Edward Rowley, Algernon Ashburner, and George B. Keen purchased the screw dock in 1850., Date supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 662, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Rease, W. H., lithographer
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W321 [P.2256]

Title: Philadelphia from the Navy Yard
Description: Marine view looking north on the Delaware River showing the Navy Yard between Prime and Wharton streets in Southwark. Ships are docked at the yard, and a steam boat and other vessels travel nearby in the water. Also shows several ships docked along the riverfront in the background and two men pushing a rowboat off the shore in the foreground. The naval yard, the first U.S. Navy Yard, established by shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1801, built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships. It operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 10 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 586.1. Digital image shows fourth state., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views - Philadelphia from Navy Yard (3 copies), Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W286.1 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F]

Title: Philadelphia from the Navy Yard
Description: Marine view looking north on the Delaware River showing the Navy Yard between Prime and Wharton streets in Southwark. Ships are docked at the yard, and a steam boat and other vessels travel nearby in the water. Also shows several ships docked along the riverfront in the background and two men pushing a rowboat off the shore in the foreground. The naval yard, the first U.S. Navy Yard, established by shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1801, built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships. It operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 10 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 586.2. Digital image shows fourth state., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson), Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W286.2 [Print Room *Am1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)]

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