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- Title
- ASSU Illustration 7854
- Description
- Block numbered in one place: 7854, also 1681 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of an outdoor scene of a body of water, reds or grass, and a rocky and craggy coast., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
- Date
- [s.a.]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 28
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 7875
- Description
- Block numbered in two places: 7875, also 1683 on small adhesive label on back of block., Block numbered in two places: 7875, also 1683 on small adhesive label on back of block., Signed: Lauderbach [i.e., James W. Lauderbach?]
- Date
- [s.a.]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 21
- Title
- Ansicht von Fairmount in Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Shows the engine house; mill house; pavilion on the mound dam, stand pipe (built 1852) and Reservoir Hill. View also includes two men with a canvas and easle on the river bank across from a steam boat traveling on the water in the foregound and the Wire Bridge at Fairmount (built 1841-1842) in the background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 22, Library of Congress: PR 13 CN 2001: 033
- Date
- [ca. 1852]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PR 13 CN 2001: 033
- Title
- Tower view, at Water Gap House
- Description
- Bird's eye view from a circular window looking north at the Delaware Water Gap region from the Water Gap House built in 1872 on Mt. Minsi. Shows the Delaware River (right), the adjacent hilly landscape, and a residence on the west bank of the river in the foreground., Title from printed series label on verso with twenty-three other titled views (No. 121-144)., Photographer and publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on mount below image: Tower view, Water Gap House., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Graves, Jesse A. (Jesse Albert)
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Graves [P.9168.6]
- Title
- Turbine wheel house Fairmount
- Description
- View looking north through a pavilion of the old mill house showing the new mill house (built 1862) at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The waterworks, originally built after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and remodeled after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from accompanying label., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122c]
- Title
- Views of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Part 1st
- Description
- Series of 12 collecting cards depicting bucolic views of the park. Includes two different views, including one with a fountain, of a "Rustic Arbor" with a park pavilion; "Spring" showing a water fountain; "The "Dam" and "The Arch" and a "Fountain" near the race at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River; "Entrance to Lemon Hill" and the "Mansion House"; an ornate foot bridge over "The Brook"; the "Keeper's House"; the "Band House"; and "Iron Spring" pavilion. Many of the views include park visitors, gardens, and walkways and all include trees. Water work views also show the stand pipe and roof of the new mill house., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 811a-l. POS 811a: Rustic Arbor (fountain). 811b: Rustic Arbor. 811c: Spring. 811d: Spring. 811e: Dam. 811f: Mansion House. 811g: The Brok. 811h: The Arch. 811i: Entrance to Lemon hill. 811j: Fountain.811k: Keeper's house. 811k: Band House. 811l: Iron Spring., Library of Congress: LOT 11050 (F)
- Date
- c1879
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Title, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Rustic Arbor Willows, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Rustic Arbor Gazebo, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Spring, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) The Dam, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Mansion House, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) The Brook, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) The Arch, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Iron Spring, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Entrance to Lemon Hill, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Fountain, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Keeper's House, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC LOT 11050 (F) Band House
- Title
- Springfield Water Supply Co. of Philadelphia advertisement postcards
- Description
- Advertisements depicting horse drawn Springfield Water Supply Company wagons. Springfield Water Supply Company established in 1897., Contains 2 postcards printed in color., Number 2524 printed on recto of one card., Sheet number: 40A09B, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided backs., Postcards issued by the Springfield Water Supply Company, Philadelphia.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 7701
- Description
- Block numbered in three places: 7701., Image of a standing bird in a natural setting, with a nesting bird in the background., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila."--Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
- Date
- [not before 1869?]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4
- Title
- Stand pipe. For West Philada. Water Works. [graphic] / On stone by Rease & Shell, No. 17 So. 5th. St.
- Description
- Location: vicinity of Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore Streets., LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #77., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., See Poulson's scrapbook vol. VII, pg. 119 for clipping concerning the raising of the stand pipe dated December 15, 1853., Designed by the engineering firm of Birkinbine & Trotter.
- Creator
- Rease & Schell., creator
- Date
- ca. 1855.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W351.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W351 [*P.2191]
- Title
- [New Jersey coastline from Margate City to Brigantine.]
- Description
- Aerial view of the New Jersey coastline taken from an extremely high altitude. The expanse of shoreline and adjacent inland areas can be seen roughly from Margate City to Brigantine. View is facing east towards Atlantic City from a vantage point in the vicinity of Northfield, New Jersey and is far enough west that Lakes Bay is visible in its entirety. Because of the high vantage point, many physical geographic features of the area can be seen but residential areas and other developments appear very small., Negative numbers: 15219n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Atlantic City, NJ, October 27, 1931.
- Creator
- Aero Service Corporation, photographer
- Date
- 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.15219n]
- Title
- Soldiers your health, comfort, and usefulness, and your country's welfare, will in a great measure depend on your keeping your feet dry many are now lying in hospitals, but for wet feet might be rendering their country good service. One box of Frank Miller's leather preservative and water proof oil blacking, manufactured by Frank Miller & Co. Warsaw, N.Y. will last you one year. Try it, use it, and tell it to your fellows
- Description
- Dyott & Sons are listed at this address in the 1860 Philadelphia directory; by 1861, the company is listed as Dyott & Co. at 232 North Second Street., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Frank Miller & Co.
- Date
- [1861?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Frank (2)5786.F.161e (McAllister)
- Title
- Views of the Delaware Water Gap
- Description
- Views of individuals recreating near the Delaware River, Caldeno Creek, and Rebecca's Bath in the area of the Delaware Water Gap. Includes a man sitting on a rock and reading near railroad tracks overlooking the river, a distant view of Kittatinny Hotel on Mount Minsi, and children sitting on rocks and benches near the river and streams., Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Distributor's stamp on verso of P.9168.4: William Y. McAllister, Phila. Jul. 31, 1868., Stamped on verso of P.8484.9: J.W. Deane., Manuscript note on verso of P.8484.10: Seely., Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.11-12: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.8484.9-12; P.9168.4]
- Title
- [Unidentified marinescape]
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of the tree lined shore of a river or lake. Slender trees crowd the bank and reeds extend into the the water., 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
- ca. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2113]
- Title
- Bark under full sail
- Description
- Lantern slide showing a view of a large sailing ship at sea. The ship has three masts and multi-tiered sails which unfurl as it sails away across the water., Contains MCM stamp., 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
- ca. 1890-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2167]
- Title
- [Forebay at Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View looking southeast from the rear terrace of the old mill house showing the forebay of the waterworks on the Schuylkill River. Also shows Reservoir Hill in the background, including William Rush's "Allegory of the Schuylkill River" or "Water Nymph and Bittern" fountain installed in 1827. Water sprays from the statue's base. The waterworks were originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization 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 stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121f]
- Title
- Fairmount Waterworks. From the forebay
- Description
- View looking south showing the water works, forebay, and Fairmount, i.e., Reservoir Hill. Pedestrians stroll on the promenade of the mill house (right) and on the walkway near the engine house that leads to the pavilion on Fairmount. Pedestrians include couples and a family. Also shows swans swimming in the forebay. The Fairmount Water Works were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 240.1, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 88 L 528., FLP Castner 21: 7 with hand-coloring., American Antiquarian Society holds duplicate with variant imprint (POS 240.2): Lith. of D.W. Kellogg & Co. Hartford Ct. [AAS Graphic Arts Lithf KellD Fair].
- Creator
- Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
- Date
- 1833
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W122 [P.2085]
- Title
- Pumps Fairmount Water Works
- Description
- View showing the interior of the pump room under the engine-house terrace at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows several pumps under and near staircases. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872, Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's and publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Joy was a Philadelphia stationer.
- Creator
- New Jersey Stereoscopic View Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - misc. photo. - New Jersey Stereoscopic Co. [P.9292.1]
- Title
- [Fairmount Water Works forebay during the winter.]
- Description
- View showing the "Nymph with Bittern" statue at the east side of the icy forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The statue, sculpted in wood in 1809 by William Rush for the Centre Square Water Works, was installed at the basin in 1827. Also shows an elevated walkway to Reservoir Hill in the upper left corner of the image. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1858
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.152]
- 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
- Northern Liberties & Spring Garden Water Works
- Description
- Oblique view of the front and north flank of the one-and-a-half story granite engine house at the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works (later known as the Schuylkill Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. In the foreground, an empty horse-drawn cart is stopped near a pump, where a man fills a bucket with water. A man stands with his arms crossed in the side door, a couple strolls arm in arm, and three men stand and converse at the foot of the stairs of the engine house entrance. Includes a canalboat (named the Captain T.M. Scott, after the artist) on the river, along with a partial view of the water basin of the waterworks lined by a fence in the background. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 512, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc88 N 874.
- Creator
- Kuchel, Charles Conrad, b. 1820, artist
- Date
- 1852
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W254 [P.2128]
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 7237
- Description
- Block numbered in two places: 7237, also 9 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of boys bathing or swimming nude near the shore of a body of water; two men in the distance stand on the shore, one pointing toward what appears to be some kind of obelisk or tall natural land form; further in the distance are several hills and a small building with a fence.
- Date
- [s.a.]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 31
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 4157
- Description
- Block numbered in one place: 4157, also 1602 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a coastline; a sailboat and rowboat are visible in the water; the edge of a low building is visible atop a small cliff on the shore., Back of block obscured by pasted-down paper.
- Date
- [s.a.]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 20
- Title
- Van Bibber Water Station
- Description
- Depicts a small brick building next to two water tanks adjacent to the railroad tracks. Three men and a child stand nearby.
- Date
- March 1891.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.19]
- Title
- Fairmount Waterworks. From the Forebay. [graphic] / From nature & on stone G. Lehman; Childs & Inman Lithrs.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd88 L528.
- Creator
- Lehman, George, d. 1870 lithographer. Childs & Inman lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1833.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W122.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W122 [P.2085]
- Title
- [Fairmount Waterworks. Pictorial Embellishment of the Philada. Saturday Courier a family paper of the largest size published at two Dollars a year in advance including two Engravings of this Kind yearly.] [graphic].
- Description
- LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
- Date
- [1838]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W124.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W124 [P.2086]
- Title
- Fairmount [graphic] / Lith of J.T. Bowen.
- Description
- Originally published as plate 1 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2087 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd862 W6441 pl.1.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
- Date
- c1840, 1848.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W120-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W120.4 [P.2087]
- Title
- [A view of the Fairmount Water-Works with Schuylkill in the distance. Taken from the mount.] [graphic].
- Description
- LCP copy lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Date
- 1838.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W008.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W8 [P.2004]
- Title
- View of the Fairmount Waterworks with Schuylkill in the distance. Taken from the mount. [graphic].
- Description
- LCP copy lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 88 B786.
- Date
- c1838.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W009.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W9 [P.2006]
- Title
- Fairmount from West Philada
- Description
- Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Includes the observatory tower arch (built 1860). A man stands among lush vegetation on the west riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr.
- Creator
- Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.18]
- Title
- Fairmount
- Description
- View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works built 1812-1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff. Shows the engine house; mill house; and the pavilions on the mound dam and on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 226, 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 BW - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.10c]
- Title
- Engine house of the Twenty-fourth Ward Water Works. Designed and constructed by Birkinbine & Trotter, engineers and contractors, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the engine house at the water works also known as the West Philadelphia Water Works, completed circa 1855, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam. The engine house built after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter, contained two boiler rooms, sleeping rooms for the engineers, and storerooms. Also shows two men standing near a fence in the foreground and the smokestack at the waterworks in the background., Name of photographer from duplicate in private collection., Title from accompanying label., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 70? The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872), Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #97., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(5)2526.F.4a]
- Title
- Fairmount Waterworks
- Description
- Depicts the Fairmount Water Works from the south. Built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Frederick Graff, Jr., later altered and expanded the waterworks with the help of Philadelphia engineer, Henry P.M. Birkinbine., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.140]
- Title
- Grand-stand baseball Pluto Water. America's greatest physic for constipation, stomach & kidney, liver troubles. 15 [cents]. 35 [cents]. All drug stores. Ask your doctor
- Description
- Gameboard containing a circle comprised of 30 spaces surrounding advertising text and an image of the devil. Spaces marked with baseball rulings and plays, including Strike, Ball, Out, Foul, and Single Hit 1 Base. Circle surrounded by a "baseball diamond.", "Grand Stand Base Ball Rules" printed on the verso. Rules explicate Number of Players, a Game, an Inning, and "When Needle Stops On: Out, Strike, Foul, Ball, Single Hit, Two Base Hit, Three Base Hit, Home Run, Sacrifice Hit, and Double Out. Also includes Note - To see which bats first each player spins once, and the highest goes to bat: Home run is highest, then three base hit, two base hit, single hit, sacrifice, ball, foul, strike out, double out being lowest., Printed on verso: Price 25 [cents]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
- Date
- [ca. 1895]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Advertisements [P.2010.37.89]
- Title
- Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
- Description
- Aerial views showing sailboats and other water craft on Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. Focus is mainly on the boats on the water though some land is visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 7675, 7677, 7678, 7687.
- Creator
- Aero Service Corporation, photographer
- Date
- 1927
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7675; P.8990.7677; P.8990.7678; P.8990.7687]
- Title
- Residential area, Absecon, New Jersey
- Description
- Aerial views of residential areas and farmlands in the vicinity of Absecon, New Jersey. Some views show an empty lot which may be in the beginning stages of a construction project. Atlantic City and Absecon Bay are visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 6479, 6481, 6483, 6484, 6491, 6492, 6493, 6494., Manuscript note on several negative sleeves: J.J. Cassidy, Atlantic City, NJ.
- Creator
- Aero Service Corporation, photographer
- Date
- 1926
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6479; P.8990.6481; P.8990.6483; P.8990.6484; P.8990.6491; P.8990.6492; P.8990.6493; P.8990.6494]
- Title
- View of Fairmount, Phila. PA
- Description
- View of man standing on roof terrace of mill house at Fairmount Waterworks. Italianate standpipe (built in 1852) and distribution arch (built in 1860) are visible in background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Gift of Sandra Markham., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Union View Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Public Utilities - Fairmount Waterworks [P.2007.20.3]
- Title
- Salt Kettle from road, Paget short of Hamilton Harbor, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a shoreline at Paget seen from a distance from between two clusters of trees. The shoreline curves, creating a small inlet which is surrounded by buildings., Time: 10:45, 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
- March 28, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.906]
- Title
- Small bay on road (N. road) in Southampton Parish, [Bermuda]. Bradley in foreground
- Description
- Glass negative showing a small bay lined on either bank with rocks and foliage in Southampton. There is a building located on the far bank and a man sits on the left bank in the foreground., Time: 11:40, 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
- March 28, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.907]
- Title
- View from head of bay at the Flatts, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a bay at Bermuda with an inlet visible in the distance. The left shore is lined with buildings and trees., Time: 10:50, Light: Bright 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
- March 30, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.921]
- Title
- Hamilton from hill, N. half, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the port town Hamilton with various boats sailing in the harbor. The town is seen from above from a dirt road., Time: 10:45, Light: Good sun., A long strip of emulsion is missing from the right side of the plate., 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
- March 27, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.894]
- Title
- St. George's from Fort George, French & his big gun, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a bay and city at Saint George with a fortified complex on a small island in the center. The shoreline is covered with buildings and trees. The photograph was taken from a hill over the bay, near another walled group of buildings., Photographer remarks: Some wind., Time: 4:30, Light: Good sunlight., 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
- March 30, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.928]
- Title
- Glacial scratches on rocks under Kittatinny House, [Delaware Water Gap]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a jagged cliff face with glacial scratches. Rail road tracks run parallel to the cliff. A man and woman stand at the base of the cliff., Photographer remarks: Very dark. In neg. preserver. Intens., Time: 6:30 P.M., Light: Not very strong., Bottom edge of the plate is rough and unfinished., 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
- June 30, 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.275]
- Title
- Hamilton, the harbor & [Possibly] S.S. Orinoco, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Hamilton, a harbor town seen from above. A boat is docked in the harbor and trees line the streets of the town. The far shore of the bay is visible in the distance., From same point as last., Photographer remarks: Underdeveloped. Intens. 5/26, Time: A.M., Light: Good sunlight., 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
- March 9, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.844]
- Title
- St. Georges from harbor, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a harbor town on Saint George Island visible from a distance across the water. Trees fill the gaps between the houses and other buildings., Time: P.M., Light: Fair 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
- March 12, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.850]
- Title
- Bay on south Shore below Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a bay in Bermuda seen from the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse. The right shore curves in sharply to form an inlet with various rock formations extending into the water., Time: 5:40, Light: No sun, poor light., 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
- March 26, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1467]
- Title
- View of Hamilton Harbor from Avocado Bridge, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of Hamilton Harbor seen from Avocado Bridge on top of a hill. A low stone wall and thick foliage partially blocks the view of the harbor below. Rooftops, ships, and the far shore are visible in the distance., Time: 12:20, 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
- March 9, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1401]
- Title
- St. Georges harbor & town from St. David's Island, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the harbor of St. George seen from a distance from the top of a hill. Boats sail in the bay while the tree-lined shore curves around, forming an inlet in the far shore. In the far distance, a town on St. David's Island is visible., Photographer remarks: wind, Time: 12:50, 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
- March 11, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1406]
- Title
- Castle Harbor, Castle I[slan]d &c from foot of St. David's lighthouse, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of Castle Harbor seen from a distance from the top of a hill on St. David's Island. Tree branches frame the scene in the foreground as the tree-lined shore curves around the bay below. Castle Island lies in the distance., Photographer remarks: wind, Time: 1:15, 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
- March 11, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1407]
- Title
- From Scaur Hill Fort looking toward Mangoon Bay, [Bermuda]. Mr Sypher in foreground
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of Mangoon Bay seen from above on Scaur Hill. MR. Sypher sits in the grass at the top of the hill on the right., Time: 1:05, Light: Fair sun., The emulsion is flaking off and badly damaged., 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
- March 19, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1437]
- Title
- St. George's from Fort George, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing an elevated view from a hill of the harbor town St. George's Island. Trees line the side of the hill of Fort George. A boy stands among them. Several buildings line the shore of the bay., on which ships sail. The shoreline curves to form an inlet in the distance., Time: 2:25, Light: No sun. Fair light., 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
- March 11, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1409]