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Title: George Washington
Description: LCP Minutes vol. 4, April 17, 1814, p. 333: “Mr. Joseph Sansom having presented a bust of General Washington...the Secretary was directed to thank Mr. Sansom for the present made by him.", Gift of Joseph Sansom, 1814.
Location: OBJ 551

Title: George Washington
Description: Inscription on verso says: “Presented to the Library Company of Phila. by their Treasurer 1801 J.D. John Dorsey.”, Library Company Minutes vol. 4, Feb 5, 1801, p. 129: A Portrait of General Washington elegantly framed, was presented by Mr. Dorsey the Treasurer, for which he has the thanks of the board., Gift of John Dorsey, 1801.
Date: Ca. 1800
Location: OBJ 151

Title: George Washington
Description: This portrait is a copy of the Gilbert Stuart portrait., Gift of Mrs. T. Hudson Rich.
Creator: Otis, Bass, 1784-1861
Location: OBJ 259

Title: Washington monument, Richmond, Va
Description: Shows the monument sculpted by Thomas Crawford and Randolph Rogers installed at Capitol Square in 1850. Sculpture includes figure of Washington on horseback and six smaller figures of important Virginians including Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. View includes church steeples in the background., Unmounted stereographic print with paper backing pasted on verso., Title inscribed on image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - Virginia [5737.F.17a]

Title: Mask of George Washington
Description: In 1785, Houdon accompanied Benjamin Franklin to visit Washington at his Mount Vernon home. Houdon spent two weeks at Mount Vernon, sketching, measuring, and observing the General as well as creating this plaster life mask. He returned to Paris and used this mask to aid him in sculpting a marble, life-sized sculpture of Washington which still resides in the Richmond Capitol. There are four known copies of the mask in existence.
Creator: Houdon, Jean-Antoine, 1741-1828
Date: Ca. 1785-1792?
Location: OBJ 542

Title: Reward of merit
Description: Contains central vignette, including a portrait of George Washington, and ornamental side borders. Vignette depicts a female figure and a cherub flanking the portrait near a rose bush and elevated on a tuft of ground. The cherub lays a rose garland across the top of the portrait. Grape vines comprise the borders., Presented to Mr. Charles Nash. By A. B. Sanford, Instructor., Manuscript note on verso: Presented to Charles B. Nash Esq. By Miss Amillie B. Sanford. [Illegible ] of Hamilton, Madison County, New York State., 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.2011.10.151]

Title: [George Washington sculpture bust]
Description: Shows front and profile views of the unattributed bust., Stereographic prints including one unmounted and one mounted on yellow paper mount with square corners., Manuscript note on recto of (3)5750.F.106b: Washington., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of collection of portraits., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments & statues [(3)5750.F.104d; [(3)5750.F.106b], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photo - sitter - W [(3)5750.F.106c]

Title: Washington and his servant
Description: Illustration included in Chapter II, "First Years of the Constitution." It shows President George Washington walking on a cobblestone sidewalk with his black manservant, who follows a few steps behind him. Image appears in the context of a discussion of Washington's taste for fashion and "courtly etiquette," and it relates to the following passage: "When he walked the streets his body-servant in livery followed him at respectful distance." Carrying a walking-stick, the well-dressed Washington wears breeches, a dark vest and waistcoat, and a bicorne, a type of hat commonly worn by intellectuals. His servant carries his dark-colored overcoat. The servant himself wears a lighter suit and a tricorne., Engraving in Charles Coffin's Building the Nation: Events in the History of the United States from the Revolution to the Beginning of the War between the States (New York: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1883), p. 37., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Date: [1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1883 Cof 23709.O p 37, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2831

Title: Washington Monument postcards
Description: Depicts equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal surrounded by four fountains and allegorical figures that represent four rivers: the Delaware, the Hudson, the Potomac and the Mississippi Rivers. Statues on the lowest tier portray "typical" American human figures and animals. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to Eakins Oval at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Contains views of the monument at both locations., Contains 33 postcards printed in color and 17 in black and white., Commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Washington Monument - 90]

Title: Washington Monument, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal above allegorical figures, along with "typical" American people. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Depicts monument at Green Street entrance., Monument commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Sheet number: 88A10., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]

Title: General M'Clellan's dream
Description: Account of a vision in which George Washington allegedly appeared to General McClellan., Text printed in two columns divided by a double wavy-rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.5 x 21.4 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Bradshaw, Wesley, 1837-1927
Date: [1861?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Bradshaw 5793.F.34a (McAllister)

Title: General M'Clellan's dream
Description: Account of a vision in which George Washington allegedly appeared to General McClellan., Text printed in two columns divided by a double wavy-rule; printed on yellow paper; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.0 x 21.4 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Bradshaw, Wesley, 1837-1927
Date: [1861?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Bradshaw 5793.F.32a (McAllister)

Title: Washington. Printed by S. H. Greene & Sons. Riverpoint, R.I. Coffin, Altemus & Co. Sole agents
Description: Textile label for the textile print works founded in 1828 by Simon H. Greene and Edward Pike. Depicts Washington, in uniform, holding a sheet of paper, and standing next to his horse near a river. Label also contains corner details of fasces and United States shields framed in garland. The firm, renamed S. H. Greene & Sons in 1865, were nationally known for their "Washington" line of printed textiles., Stamped on recto: 41 2, Copyrighted in Washington, D.C., Inscribed on verso: Cora cora Ott. Samuel Sassemon., 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: c1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.99]

Title: Surveyor
Description: Cigar box label showing George Washington as a surveyor. Washington, carrying a transit over his shoulder, leads his horse from Mount Vernon., Printed below image: Title and Design Registered., Attributed to American Lithographic Company from proof print auctioned in 2008., 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. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.105]

Title: Washington Elm, Cambridge, [MA]
Description: Glass negative showing the large tree known as the Washington Elm in Cambridge Park. A metal fence surrounds the wide tree trunk and a plaque stands in front of it. Paths and fences, as well as other trees surround the elm. According to popular legend, George Washington took command of the American Army under this tree. The lore has largely been discredited. The tree died in 1923., Time: 11, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1310]

Title: Washington elm. Cambridge. [MA]
Description: Glass negative showing the large tree known as the Washington Elm in Cambridge Park. A metal fence surrounds the wide tree trunk and a plaque stands in front of it. Paths and fences, as well as other trees surround the elm. According to popular legend, George Washington took command of the American Army under this tree. The lore has largely been discredited. The tree died in 1923., Time: 11:05, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1311]

Title: [George Washington statue in front of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments & statues [1322.F.8b]

Title: Mount Vernon, Virginia , the seat of the late Genl. Washington
Description: View showing the mansion and grounds in Fairfax county, Virginia owned by the first President of the United States. The seat, originally granted to Washington's great-grandfather John Washington in 1674, was inherited by George in 1761 and purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1858. In the far right foreground, a handler walks a horse., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 7a [P.9057.55.7a]

Title: [Centennial Memorial]
Description: Allegorical print showing the figure of liberty holding a laurel wreath over a bust of George Washington that is mounted on a pedestal reading “E. Pluribus Unum 1876 1776”. The image of two overlapping torches separates the dates on the pedestal and an American flag drapes the bust. The figures are surrounded by an eagle, American flags and oak leaves intertwined with a banner that reads “These United Colonies Are And Of Right Ought To Be Free And Independent States,” a quote from the Declaration of Independence., pdcp00038, Copyrighted by the "Centennial Album.", Title from duplicate in the collections of the Boston Athenauem, Boston, Massachusetts., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Centennial, Trimmed.
Creator: Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, artist
Date: c1875
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana – Centennial

Title: Interior view of Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Description: View showing visitors of all ages in the Assembly Room being used as an exhibit gallery. Men, women, and children promenade, converse, and admire the artifacts that adorn the room with a parquet floor. Framed artwork, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale portrait collection in addition to Henry Inman’s portrait painting of William Penn, and Thomas Sully’s portrait painting of Lafayette, line the paneled walls. Under a chandelier, in the rear center of the room stands William Rush’s wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815, installed 1824). To the right, a stuffed bald eagle sits atop the Liberty Bell (installed 1852). The bell is displayed on a pedestal adorned with fasces, a banner, and shield and stands near the "Rising Sun" chair, one of a number of chairs lining the room, which was used by George Washington as he presided over the Constitutional Convention. The gallery also includes a writing desk associated by legend with the Declaration of Independence and the framed Thomas Sully painting of the coat of arms of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 386, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc47 R815., Original watercolor for print in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., See also LCP copy in Joe Freedman Collection of Philadelphia Ephemera. Freedman oversize - I [P.2013.87.4]. Copy variant in printed color.
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Date: c1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W185 [P.2068], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Freedman oversize - I [P.2013.87.4]

Title: Centennial Handkerchief
Description: A framed cotton Centennial handkerchief or bandanna printed with views of buildings from Philadelphia’s International Exhibition, including the Main Building, the Art Gallery, and the Horticultural Building, portraits of George Washington and Ulysses Grant, and patriotic seals. Printed with black on a white ground with a geometric border. Label of the framer, Ursula Hobson, on the back., Gift of James T. Carson, 2008.
Date: Ca. 1876
Location: OBJ 880

Title: Declaration of Independence
Description: Calligraphed Declaration of Independence displayed during the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. The artist recorded the entire text of the Declaration, the coats of arms of the thirteen original states, the names of the Signers on the border columns, a portrait of George Washington, and various vignettes., The artist's name is listed as W.V. Peacon in the Centennial catalog., Gift of Michael Zinman, 1991.
Creator: Pearson, W.V
Date: Ca. 1875-1876
Location: OBJ 849

Title: Grand Union ball in honor of the recent brilliant victories achieved by the land and naval forces of the United States, at the Academy of Music, Tuesday evening, March 4, 1862
Description: Advertisement containing a gothic-style ornamental border surrounding text providing the date of the ball, names of sponsors, ticket information, and entertainment details. Border includes vignettes of cherubs; allegorical figures representing the arts including painting, sculpture, and music; a portrait of George Washington; a mythical scene; and a view. Scene shows a bare-chested woman on a horse being attacked by a tiger surrounded by symbols of industry, science, and the humanities. View shows a seventeenth-century landing party aboard a skiff. Sponsors include Alexander Henry, Commodore C.J. Pendegrast, and Capt. W.S. Ogden. Master of Ceremonies was M[iecislaw] Hlasko (a dancing and gymnastics teacher who offered drill classes at his physical institute) and music was under the direction of the Hassler Brothers., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 97, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies.
Creator: Weeber, L., lithographer
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - A [(2)5786.F.147a]

Title: Samuel Hart & Co. Philadelphia and New York
Description: Playing card containing vignette portraits of George and Martha Washington, the American eagle and shield, and the ace of spades. Also includes banners, stars, and vinery. Samuel Hart & Co. began the manufacture of playing cards in Philadelphia and New York in 1849. George & Martha Washington Aces of Spades was one of the firm's most popular designs, with at least five different versions issued until after 1900., Printed on recto: Patented May 8 1866., 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.
Creator: Samuel Hart & Co.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.178]

Title: Public Garden
Description: Rooftop view looking at the landscaped paths of the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, including the equestrian statue of George Washington designed by Thomas Ball ca. 1869 in the distance and the Ether Monument/Good Samaritan designed by John Quincy Adams Ward ca. 1868. Also includes a small fountain in the foreground. Park created in 1837 and designed by George Meacham., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - Massachusetts [P.9022.45]

Title: Wagner & McGuigan's lithographic & steam power printing establishment Athenian Building, Franklin Place
Description: Directory advertisement containing an allegorical, patriotic scene. Shows the figure of Columbia, attired in a toga, American flag, and laurel wreath, with a broken shackle under her foot as she stands on a pedestal. She holds a sword in one hand beside an American eagle perched on a shield and a laurel wreath in the other in front of a sculpted bust of George Washington. The bust rests on a pedestal adorned with a fasces. A paint palette and brushes, compass, rolls of paper, and a banner reading "Encourage American Arts" rests at the feet of Columbia. Floral details frame the sides of the image. Thomas Wagner and James M'Guigan operated a lithographic studio as partners 1846-1858., Published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1856 (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1856), frontispiece., Not in Wainwright., Names of artists from variant duplicate in Poulson's scrapbooks, Illustrations of Philadelphia, vol. 1., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 114
Creator: Wagner & M'Guigan
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1856 (58) 10840.O.frontispiece

Title: P.S. Duval & Co.'s steam lithographic establishment, artizan's building Ranstead Place west from no 26 South Fourth Street Philadelphia Drawings of all kinds executed on stone. Copper and steel plates transferred. Printing, plain & coloured in the neatest style and the business in all its various branches carried on with punctuality and despatch. Nota: Engineers & surveyors wishing to execute their drawings, for transferring, merchants & others, writing their circulars or price currents, for the same purposes, will be supplied with the suitable ink & paper. Portraits, landscapes, geological and other maps, plans, architectural and historical drawings, ornamental title pages, colored illustrations, show cards, checks, circulars, price currents &c &c. Labels for patent medicines, perfumery, and all description of fancy articles, can be furnished at a very moderate cost to establishments requiring large quantities
Description: Directory advertisement showcasing the illuminated style of chromolithography executed by the Duval firm. Contains allegorical and historical vignettes and figures within a frame comprised of floral and Gothic elements. Includes the figure of Liberty attired in the American flag, holding a sword, and standing next to symbols of the arts such as a palette and sheet music below a framed bust-portrait of George Washington adorned with flowers and a banner reading "E. Pluribus Unum." Vignettes show lithographic artisans at work at a sketch table and rolling ink on a stone in a workshop, and a montage of medievally-attired artists and intellectuals, including a cartographer, sculptor, painter, mathematician, and composer. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Co. 1853-1857 and from Ranstead Place 1853-1856., Published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1854... (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1854), opp. p. 12a., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 69, Also published in Catalogue of the twenty-second exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia, 1852), frontispiece.
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: [1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1854 10840.O.12a

Title: P.S. Duval & Co.'s steam lithographic establishment, artizan's building Ranstead Place west from no 26 South Fourth Street Philadelphia Drawings of all kinds executed on stone. Copper and steel plates transferred. Printing, plain & coloured in the neatest style and the business in all its various branches carried on with punctuality and despatch. Nota: Engineers & surveyors wishing to execute their drawings, for transferring, merchants & others, writing their circulars or price currents, for the same purposes, will be supplied with the suitable ink & paper. Portraits, landscapes, geological and other maps, plans, architectural and historical drawings, ornamental title pages, colored illustrations, show cards, checks, circulars, price currents &c &c. Labels for patent medicines, perfumery, and all description of fancy articles, can be furnished at a very moderate cost to establishments requiring large quantities
Description: Directory advertisement showcasing the illuminated style of chromolithography executed by the Duval firm. Contains allegorical and historical vignettes and figures within a frame comprised of floral and Gothic elements. Includes the figure of Liberty attired in the American flag, holding a sword, and standing next to symbols of the arts such as a palette and sheet music below a framed bust-portrait of George Washington. The portrait is adorned with flowers and a banner reading "E. Pluribus Unum." Vignettes show lithographic artisans at work at a sketch table and rolling ink on a stone in a workshop, and a montage of medievally-attired artists and intellectuals, including a cartographer, sculptor, painter, mathematician, and composer. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Co. 1853-1857 and from Ranstead Place 1853-1856., Published in Catalogue of the twenty-second exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia, 1852), frontispiece., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 68, Also published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1854... (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1854), opp. p. 12a.
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: [1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1852 Exhib of 50574.O.15

Title: Washington Monument, Baltimore, Md
Description: View looking east from West Monument Street showing the Washington Monument constructed 1815-1829 after designs by Robert Mills in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The 178-foot doric column is visible from the street flanked by large brownstone mansions., Title printed on mount., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James W. Queen & Co., opticians, No. 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Monuments and statues [8353.F.24]

Title: Washington Monument, Baltimore, Md
Description: View looking east from West Monument Street showing the Washington Monument constructed 1815-1829 after designs by Robert Mills in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The 178-foot doric column is visible from the street flanked by large brownstone mansions., Title printed on mount., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James W. Queen & Co., opticians, No. 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Monuments and statues [8353.F.24]

Title: [Relics in display case]
Description: Interior view showing portraits, pottery, books, letters, a drum, a sword, and other relics on display in a glass case. One of the small portraits in the case depicts George Washington. Framed portraits are visible in the background on the wall., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Philadelphia photographer Harrison Tryon at one time worked in A.H. Hemple's photographic rooms, according to the imprint on other stereographs in the collection [Hemple P.9260.56 and P.9047.57].
Creator: Tryon, Harrison, b. 1848
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Tryon - Exhibitions [P.9058.176]

Title: Washington statue--front of Independence Hall
Description: View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Title printed on verso with eighty-one other numbered titles in the series (No. 356-437)., Photographer's imprint printed 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: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.27]

Title: Washington Monument, front of Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Description: View of the marble statue designed by Joseph Bailly erected in front of the State House by the "Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." The base of the statue is adorned in patriotic bunting. In the background, shields depicting state seals hang from windows on the upper stories of the state house below flags and shields. Original statue removed to City Hall in 1908 and bronze cast erected in its place., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1869, printed ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Monuments and statues [P.9573.17]

Title: Washington Monument and Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of the marble statue designed by Joseph Bailly erected in front of the State House by the "Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." The base of the statue is adorned in patriotic bunting. In the background, shields depicting state seals hang from windows on the upper stories of the state house below flags and shields. Original statue removed to City Hall in 1908 and bronze cast erected in its place., Additional places of publication printed on mount. Includes Liverpool, Toronto-Canada and Ottowa-Kansas., Title, photographer's, publisher's and distributor's imprint on mount. Mount includes two small circular stamps on the left-hand side: "Grand diamond badge prize" and "Eleven first prize medals.", Title printed in six languages on verso., Curved cream mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1869, printed ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Monuments and statues [P.9047.120]

Title: [Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Isaac Potts House, a stone two-story house with shuttered windows and two chimneys at Valley Forge. A wooden fence runs along the left side of the building. From December 1777 to June 1778, the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge. The area became Pennsylvania’s first state park in 1893. George Washington’s headquarters was in the Isaac Potts House, built circa 1773., Photographer remarks: wh. had 14 sec., Time: 4:15, There is a circular area of different exposure in the center of the plate., Same on plate having copy of Photo "Afrique.", Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 30, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1115]

Title: The bust of George Washington crowned by Fred'k Coombs
Description: Shows Coombs, the popular scientist, phrenologist, and photographer dressed as Washington and seated next to and touching a bust of the first U.S. president. Bust wears a sculpted wreath and is propped up on a desk., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of a collection of portraits., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coombs, F. (Frederick), 1803-1874
Date: c1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coombs - Monuments & statues [(1)5750.F.103c]

Title: Interior of Independence Hall
Description: View showing William Rush's wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815, installed 1824) in the Assembly Room of the State House. Also shows framed portrait paintings, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale collection; a framed commemorative print in honor of the Declaration of Independence; a bronze eagle; a clock; and partial views of Thomas Sully's portrait painting of Lafayette and chairs adorning the room., Title printed on mount., Manuscript note on mount: 1859 - Rush's statue of Washington., White paper mount with square corners., Attributed to James E. McClees., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Government buildings [(8)1322.F.8f]

Title: Crawford's statue of Washington, Capitol Square, Richmond, Va
Description: Views showing the equestrian statue sculpted by Thomas Crawford erected in the western portion of the square in 1858. Shows the sculpture on an elaborate stone pedestal and base designed by architect Robert Mills and adorned by bronze figures of prominent Virginians. Views also show neighboring buildings and posed pedestrians, including elegantly attired ladies with parasols and a gentleman with a cane., Titles from accompanying labels., Pale yellow paper mounts with square corners., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., Digitization 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 - Monuments & statues [5737.F.17b & d]

Title: Residence of Washington in High Street, Philada.; British Barracks, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the house, also known as the Robert Morris House, built circa 1767-1768 at 526-530 Market Street, resided in by the president during construction of the executive mansion on Ninth Street. The walled garden adjacent the residence and the neighboring Sheaff's Wine Store (512 Market) are also visible. Includes pedestrian traffic of two men with canes. The residence burned in 1780 and was demolished in 1803., View showing the barracks built in 1757 in Northern Liberties for the quartering of British soldiers. Infantrymen drill across from a soldier presiding over a cannon in the courtyard of the buildings. The Barracks extended between Second, Third, Tammany, and Green streets and were razed soon after the American Revolution., Plate published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 361., Manuscript note below images: different from 2 book., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 644a&b. POS 644a: Residence. POS 644b: British Barracks., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of James Rush., Residence view reproduced in Edward Lawler Jr.'s "The President's house In Philadelphia: The rediscovery of a lost landmark." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 2002), pp. 5-95.
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residence [9245.Q.31a&b]

Title: [George Washington statue in front of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Titled supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Printed text in paragraph form on verso describes history of Independence Hall and is surmounted by vignette of the seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by a decorative border., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Monuments and statues [P.9260.31]

Title: Old tomb of Washington Mount Vernon, Va
Description: View predominately showing the fence around the old tomb that was replaced in 1831 on the Washington family estate., Title from photographer's label on verso., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: William Y. McAllister, Optician, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bell operated from 1200 Chestnut Street between 1869-1874.
Creator: Bell, William, 1830-1910, photographer
Date: ca. 1872
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bell - Cemeteries [5737.F.1c]

Title: [Isaac Potts House, Valley Forge, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a view of the Isaac Potts House, a two-story stone house with shuttered windows at Valley Forge. Tall trees and a lawn surround the house. From December 1777 to June 1778, the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge. The area became Pennsylvania’s first state park in 1893. George Washington’s headquarters was in the Isaac Potts House, built circa 1773., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.87]

Title: Panorama of Washington. [graphic] : First in war. First in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
Description: Created postfreeze., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Described in Georges Malpass's "A Check List 'Rose' and 'Panorama' Envelopes of the Civil War" in American Philatelist (March 1953), p. 430-442., Civil War envelope insert containing a portrait of George Washington above 25 vignette views of federal buildings and prominent sites in Washington, D.C., a bird's-eye view of the city, and patriotic vignettes. Prominent sites depicted include the Capitol, interiors of the House of Representatives and Senate; U.S. Post Office; U.S. Treasury; Observatory; White House; Military Asylum; Columbia Armory; War Department; Jackson Monument; Willard Hotel; U.S. Navy Yard; U.S. Arsenal; Matthew Church; City Hall; Trinity Church; Georgetown College; view of Georgetown; National Hotel; Lunatic Asylum; U.S. Patent Office; Smithsonian Institute; Mills statue of Washington; and the building dedicated to the Fine Arts. Patriotic vignettes show Washington as a general during the American Revolution; the Washington monument; and the figure of Liberty. Also includes vignettes of Mount Vernon and the Tomb of Washington.
Creator: Magnus, Charles., creator
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept **GC - Views - U.S. - Washington, D.C. [(2)5786.F.182b]

Title: ASSU Illustration 7796
Description: Block numbered in three places: 7796., Image of interior of Independence Hall, Philadelphia; male and female visitors include one black woman. Two decorative rondelles in corners depict a statue of George Washington and the Liberty Bell, flanking an eagle., Signed: Lauderbach, sc.; S [i.e., Seymour?]., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 33, no. 3 (Feb., 1876?), p. 1.
Date: [1876?]
Location: Boxed with **Per C51.7 11590.F (Teitelman)

Title: Carlton, in lower part of Germantown. Built by Henry Hill. Year not known. Burned in the Revolutionary War in 1777. Rebuilt by Hill, it is said, in 1780. Now occupied by Mrs. Newhall, cor. Stokley St. & Midvale Ave
Description: View of the center portion of the north front of the Carlton Mansion. Purportedly named after an English castle inhabited by Queen Elizabeth I. The original house was destroyed by the British in 1777 but rebuilt in 1780 by Isaac Tustin. Served as Washington's Headquarters for a few weeks before and after the Battle of Brandywine. Purchased by Cornelius S. Smith in May of 1840 and later bequeathed to his children., Inscribed in negative: 3322., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the Carlton-Smith Mansion., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: September 20, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.94]

Title: Broughton's monthly planet reader, for November, 1861 Price 2 cents. Containing predictions on the weather, and on the fate of the nation. The nativity of Gen. W. Scott, and of General George Washington; together with remarks on the two great war comets of 1858 and 1861, and on the brilliant meteor of 1860. For sale at all bookstores and news agents, and at the publisher's residence, No. 353 North Tenth St., Phila
Description: The illustrations include a portrait of General Scott., Printed on rose-colored paper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Broughton, L. D. (Luke Dennis), 1828-1899
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Brought 5794.F.36a (McAllister)

Title: [Washington Monument, Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of the equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal above allegorical figures, along with "typical" American people. Photographer William Doering (left), Albert Lindsay (center) and an unidentified man stand in front of the monument with their bicycles. Other men admire the monument in the background. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Depicts the monument at Green Street entrance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Monument commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.34]

Title: Carlton, north side, near Midvale Ave. Washington's Headquarters 1777
Description: Exterior view of the north front of the Carlton Mansion, taken from the west. Purportedly named after an English castle inhabited by Queen Elizabeth I. The original house was destroyed by the British in 1777 but rebuilt in 1780 by Isaac Tustin. Served as Washington's Headquarters for a few weeks before and after the Battle of Brandywine. Purchased by Cornelius S. Smith in May of 1840 and later bequeathed to his children., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Also known as the Carlton-Smith Mansion.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: January 30, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.114]

Title: Carlton, from the east. Washington's Headquarters 1777
Description: Exterior view of the north front of the Carlton Mansion, taken from the east. Purportedly named after an English castle inhabited by Queen Elizabeth I. The original house was destroyed by the British in 1777 but rebuilt in 1780 by Isaac Tustin. Served as Washington's Headquarters for a few weeks before and after the Battle of Brandywine. Purchased by Cornelius S. Smith in May of 1840 and later bequeathed to his children., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Also known as the Carlton-Smith Mansion.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: January 30, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.115]

Title: "Carlton, " or the Smith Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior view of front facade of Carlton Mansion. Purportedly named after an English castle inhabited by Queen Elizabeth I. The original house was destroyed by the British in 1777 but rebuilt in 1780 by Isaac Tustin. Served as Washington's Headquarters for a few weeks before and after the Battle of Brandywine. Purchased by Cornelius S. Smith in May of 1840 and later bequeathed to his children., Part of the Roxborough Plantation., Sheet number: 102B13., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

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