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Title: [Southwest corner West 3rd Street and Market Square, Williamsport, Pa.]
Description: View showing the southwest corner of Market Square in downtown Williamsport, Pa. Businesses include Philadelphia & Erie railroad ticket office with John A. Vanderslice, agent; S.M. Beck & Co., hardware store; W.M. Harrison & Co., stationery and wallpaper store; and a piano forte warehouse. Ticket office covered in signage. Also shows several men standing near a lamp post adorned with advertisements in front of the ticket office; farm implements on display in front of the hardware store; and a blanketed horse standing in front of the stationery store., Buff mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: S.W. corner W. 3rd and Market Square., 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 - unid. - non-Philadelphia [P.9466.10]

Title: Custom house and post office - Chestnut above 4th
Description: View showing the U.S. Customhouse (1845 to 1935) at 420 Chestnut Street and the U.S. Post Office (1863 to 1884) at 426-428 Chestnut Street. Customhouse building built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. View includes the adjacent Philadelphia Bank Building also designed by Strickland in 1836 at 400-408 Chestnut. Building tenanted by Aetna Life Insurance Company; Commonwealth Bank; Wood and Garrett, cotton good manufacturers; Edward Borhek, optician (storefront adorned with large spectacles); and Alfred J. Reach, cigar dealer. Also shows vendor stands near the customhouse and a partial view of advertisements for businesses on the north side of the street. Advertisements include a large showpiece rifle promoting gun dealers, Phillip, Wilson & Co. and a billboard promoting "Wright's Tar Syrup" adorning Kromer's Patent Medicine Depot., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Government Buildings [P.8497.4]

Title: Custom house and post office - Chestnut above 4th
Description: View showing the U.S. Customhouse (1845 to 1935) at 420 Chestnut Street and the U.S. Post Office (1863 to 1884) at 426-428 Chestnut Street. Customhouse building built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. View includes the adjacent Philadelphia Bank Building also designed by Strickland in 1836 at 400-408 Chestnut. Building tenanted by Aetna Life Insurance Company; Commonwealth Bank; Wood and Garrett, cotton good manufacturers; Edward Borhek, optician (storefront adorned with large spectacles); and Alfred J. Reach, cigar dealer. Also shows vendor stands near the customhouse and a partial view of advertisements for businesses on the north side of the street. Advertisements include a large showpiece rifle promoting gun dealers, Phillip, Wilson & Co. and a billboard promoting "Wright's Tar Syrup" adorning Kromer's Patent Medicine Depot., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Government Buildings [P.8497.4]

Title: Worthington duplex engine. Belmont Works
Description: View showing the duplex direct-acting pump engine, designed by Henry R. Worthington, in the engine house at the Belmont Water Works at West River and Montgomery drives. The pumping station, designed by Frederick Graff in the late 1860s, supplied water to the 24th Ward Reservoir at George's Hill in Fairmount Park. The station was abandoned in 1895. A man stands near the engine., Date and title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Worthington, a hydraulic engineer, built the first, widely-used duplex waterworks engine in 1857. He was an associate of Frederick Graff in waterworks engineering in the 1870s., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: September 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Public Utilities [P.9669.15]

Title: ["Diana" statue at Fairmount Water Works]
Description: View showing the statue commissioned by the Water Commission and installed circa 1830-1831 at the foot of the walkway to Reservoir Hill. The statue, adorned with a cache of arrows on her back, stands on a platform and misses her left hand. Inclined walkways are visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Public Utilities [P.9058.160]

Title: ["Diana" statue at Fairmount Water Works]
Description: View showing the statue commissioned by the Water Commission and installed circa 1830-1831 at the foot of the walkway to Reservoir Hill. The statue, adorned with a cache of arrows on her back, stands on a platform and misses her left hand. Inclined walkways are visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Public Utilities [P.9058.160]

Title: [Rustic pavilion on Reservoir Hill at Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing one of the thatch-roof rustic pavilions installed at the waterworks between 1864-1866 as a decorative improvement. View also shows the promenade leading to the pavilion. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Public Utilities [P.9058.163]

Title: [Rustic pavilion on Reservoir Hill at Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing one of the thatch-roof rustic pavilions installed at the waterworks between 1864-1866 as a decorative improvement. View also shows the promenade leading to the pavilion. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Public Utilities [P.9058.163]

Title: [Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking west from above one of the rustic pavilions at the Fairmount Water Works showing the Wire Suspension Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built between 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. The pavilions, built near the reservoir at the waterworks between 1864-1866, were installed as a decorative improvement., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on verso: Shelter taking west., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Bridges [P.9058.159]

Title: [Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking west from above one of the rustic pavilions at the Fairmount Water Works showing the Wire Suspension Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built between 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. The pavilions, built near the reservoir at the waterworks between 1864-1866, were installed as a decorative improvement., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on verso: Shelter taking west., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Bridges [P.9058.159]

Title: View of side of basin at Fairmount
Description: View showing the "Nymph with Bittern" statue at the east side of the 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. It was removed in 1872 when cast in bronze and relocated to the south garden at the waterworks. Also shows the standpipe on Reservoir Hill in the upper left corner of the image. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., American scenery was a popular series of copy stereographs issued between 1874 and 1877., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9058.167]

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: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Views showing the procession past the State House of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the tree-lined street and sidewalks on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Also shows a partial view of the awning of the Orleans Hotel and adjacent awning frame., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Processions [5792.F.49a; P.9161.4]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalks at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the street, including B.C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: 6th & Chestnut Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - processions [P.9161.3]

Title: [German Peace Jubilee procession at the 600 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871]
Description: View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes several horse-drawn carriages carrying parade dignitaries and a float labeled "Peace" transporting a band. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut). Bunting, as well as signage advertising a dry goods store and W.G. Spencer & Co., notions, is visible on the building. Also shows a partial view of Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9840.1]

Title: [German Peace Jubilee procession passing the 600 and 700 blocks of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871]
Description: View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes a horse-drawn float and several marching parade participants. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building, Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut), which is adorned in bunting and displaying signage advertising a dry goods store. Also shows a partial view of the 700 block of Chestnut Street, including Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9840.2]

Title: Suspension bridge
Description: View from the east bank of the Schuylkill River looking south showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. View also shows a barge in transit and mills, factories, and stables lining the banks of the river. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Title from accompanying label., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Mount discolored., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister operated his optician business as a sole proprietor between 1865 and 1882.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123c]

Title: The suspension bridge
Description: View looking across the Wire Suspension Bridge from the east side of the Schuylkill River. View also shows barges docked under the bridge and businesses, including factories and the Crittenden Tavern, lining the west bank in the background. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Title from accompanying label., Orange mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Mount discolored., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister operated his optician business as a sole proprietor between 1865 and 1882.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123d]

Title: Fairmount from the west, Phila
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. In the foreground, a Schuylkill Canal lock is visible and 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., Atrributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Duplicate of P.9466.16., 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [8353.F.16]

Title: [Dam near the Fairmount Water Works]
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the dam at the Fairmount Water Works. Shows a boy sitting on the riverbank near the dam. In the background, a boathouse and several other buildings are visible., Attributed to John Moran., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., See Moran album [P.9265.73] for similar view., 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 - Public Utilties [(3)1322.F.118e]

Title: Fairmount, Phila
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. In the foreground, a Schuylkill Canal lock is visible and 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., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount and verso., Duplicate of 8353.F.16., 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. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [P.9466.16]

Title: [Fairmount Waterworks]
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a Schuylkill Canal lock and a man leaning on a tree on the west riverbank in the foreground. 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., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from duplicate stereoview. [(3)1322.F.120g], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of P.8992.12., 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. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120g]

Title: Fairmount Waterworks
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a Schuylkill Canal lock and a man leaning on a tree on the west riverbank in the foreground. 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., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120g., 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. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [P.8992.12]

Title: [Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to John Moran., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title from duplicate stereoview. [P.8992.13], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120i]

Title: Fairmount Waterworks
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Depicts the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. 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., Attributed to John Moran., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title printed on mount., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120i., 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. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [P.8992.13]

Title: Seventh National Bank, 401 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the bank at the northwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Also shows adjacent businesses on North Fourth below Arch, including Musselman & Kirk, cotton goods, wood and willoware (12 N. 4th); L. Snively, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (18 N. 4th); T.P. and S.S. Smith, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (20 N. 4th); and a trimmings store. Crates line the sidewalks., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Inc. May 1864 at 216 Market St, moved shortly to 401 Market., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca.1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Banks [P.9047.22]

Title: Seventh National Bank, 401 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the bank at the northwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Also shows adjacent businesses on North Fourth below Arch, including Musselman & Kirk, cotton goods, wood and willoware (12 N. 4th); L. Snively, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (18 N. 4th); T.P. and S.S. Smith, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (20 N. 4th); and a trimmings store. Crates line the sidewalks., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Inc. May 1864 at 216 Market St, moved shortly to 401 Market., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca.1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Banks [P.9047.22]

Title: The Allegheny Tunnel, at the Summit
Description: View showing the portal of the Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnel, completed in 1854, running beneath the summit of the Allegheny Mountains at Gallitzin, Pa. Includes passengers waiting at the train station near a stopped locomotive and a sign post advertising the Gallitzin House hotel. In the far background, the borough is visible above the tunnel., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on the mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Transportation [P.9577.21]

Title: Brud's block, Toledo, O. Burned Feb. 23d 1868
Description: View showing the block of storefronts covered in ice following a fire. Also shows spectators gathered on the street corners near horse-drawn carts and wagons., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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: February 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - non-Philadelphia - Ohio [5739.F.7b]

Title: Red Bridge, on the Wissahickon
Description: Winter view showing a section of the bridge also known as Shurs Lane Bridge or Rittenhouse Bridge near Germantown. The bridge was utilized by several factories near the creek. An old house is visible in the foreground., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title from label on mount., 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. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Bridges [P.9462.19]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
Description: View showing throngs of mourners at Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon partially visible in the image., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Two of the images originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War Views, Places and Events and volunteer saloons and hospital views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [5778.F.27d; 5779.F.17i; P.8687.8; P.9161.1]

Title: [Falls Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View looking northwest from East Fairmount Park showing the Falls Bridge also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The six-arched bridge, completed near the Falls of Schuylkill in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad. A covered bridge and factory buildings are seen in the background., Green mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Bridges - Falls Bridge [P.2003.24]

Title: Looking toward the city
Description: View looking south from East Fairmount Park showing the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. View also shows the old engine house at the Fairmount Water Works, factory buildings lining the west bank of the river, and cityscape., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [8353.F.10]

Title: Wissahickon Hall
Description: View showing the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane near the Wissahickon Creek. Also shows an upside-down canoe laying near one of the hotel stables., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hotels [P.9047.30]

Title: Philad Park
Description: Winter view looking northwest through the observatory tower arch at the basin of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows a pavilion of the old mill house, the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam, and buildings lining the west bank of the river., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from publisher's label on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilties [P.8709.1]

Title: Fairmount from West Phila
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860) and stand pipe (built 1852) on Reservoir Hill. Also includes a tree in the foreground partially obstructing the view of the waterworks. The waterworks, orginally 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., Title from publisher's label., Orange mount with square corners., Gift of Francis J. Dallett., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9171.1]

Title: Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the boat landing serving as a terminus for paddle boats to Manayunk and East Falls and a boat house with signage advertising, "Pleasure Boats to Hire of Various Kinds." The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Gift of Ivan Noble., 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. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [7992.F.16]

Title: Engine house, Belmont Works
Description: View showing the engine house with smokestack at the Belmont Water Works at West River and Montgomery drives. The pumping station, designed by Frederick Graff in the late 1860s, supplied water to the 24th Ward Reservoir at George's Hill in Fairmount Park. The station was abandoned in 1895. Also shows men by the engine house entrance and in a window of the building., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Designed by Fredk. Graff Chief Engr. W. Dept. Sep 1870., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: September 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Public Utilities [P.9669.14]

Title: [St. Clement's church, Easter 1865]
Description: View from rear of sanctuary looking up central aisle toward altar. Dark bunting is draped along walls and on the altar in memory of assasinated President Abraham Lincoln who died Easter Sunday 1865. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title from duplicate. [5792.F.1g]., Manuscript note below image: St. Clement's Church., Buff mount with square corners., 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: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion - St. Clement's [(4)1322.F.81(v)c]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of south and east facades of Romanesque Revival church showing tower and aspe. Church property is slightly elevated from sidewalk level and delineated by stone and iron fence. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note below image: St. Clement's Church., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on mount: 142., 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. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion - St. Clement's [(4)1322.F.82a]

Title: [Unidentified commercial interior, possibly dealer of glass and fancy goods, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of shop showing display cases and cabinets containing glassware, vases, sculptures, and object d'art. Also shows a staircase and landing to an upper floor., Buff mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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 - Business [(8)1322.F.31f]

Title: Historical Society's building, cor. 2d Ave. and 11th Street
Description: Exterior view of the building of the historical society (organized 1804) built in 1857. Also shows an adjacent church and a street lamp with letterbox in the foreground., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Partial distributor's imprint stamped on verso: [Mc]Allister [Opti]cian [627 Broad]way [New York]., Inscribed in negative: 4401., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook of Views of New York, The Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated as a partnership from 501 Broadway between 1863 and 1871., Thomas H. McAllister, brother of Philadelphia antiquarian, John A. McAllister, established an optician's shop in New York in 1855., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Anthony - Associations [5741.F.4c]

Title: Ruins of St. George's Church, Rutherford Place, N.Y. Rector, Stephen H. Tyng
Description: Incomplete series showing five exterior and interior views of the ruins of the St. George's Episcopal Church (founded 1749) at 209 E. 16th Street at Stuyvesant Square. The Romanesque-style church built 1846-1856 after the designs of Blesch and Edlitz was damaged by fire in 1865. Images also show views of Stuyvesant Square, pedestrians, and a horse-drawn wagon. Titles include Front View from the S.E. corner of Stuyvesant Square; Front View from the Fountain, Stuyvesant Square; Front View from the East Fountain, Stuyvesant Square; S.W. View from the corner of E. 16th St. and 3rd Avenue; and Interior View from the Chancel., Series numbers: 4598; 4600-4602; 4609., Publisher's labels pasted on versos., Yellow mounts with square corners., Partial distributor's imprint stamped on versos: [McAllister Optician 627 Broadway New York]., Series numbers inscribed in negatives., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook of views of New York, The Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated as a partnership from 501 Broadway between 1863 and 1871., Thomas H. McAllister, brother of Philadelphia antiquarian, John A. McAllister, established an optician shop in New York in 1855., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Anthony - Religion [5741.F.2b; 5741.F.2d; 5741.F.3d; 5741.F.3f; 5741.F.4b]

Title: Calvary Church, 4th Ave. and 22nd St
Description: Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built in 1846 after the designs of James Renwick Jr. on Park Avenue South (i.e. 4th Avenue) at 21st Street., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corner., Distributor's imprint partially stamped on verso: [McAllister Optician 627 Broadway New York]., Inscribed in negative: 4626., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook of Views of New York, Thomas H. McAllister, brother of Philadelphia antiquarian, John A. McAllister, established an optician shop in New York in 1855., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated as a partnership from 501 Broadway between 1863 and 1871.
Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Anthony - Religion [5741.F.3e]

Title: Stand-pipe view
Description: View looking east from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows men, including two park guards standing on the promenade near the forebay in the foreground and inclined walkways to Reservoir Hill in the background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., 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.119g]

Title: Pavillion [sic] view
Description: View looking west from the forebay of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows one of the two pavilions on the old mill house adorned with an American flag. Also shows a partial view of the rear terrace of the old mill house and the terrace roof of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Men convene on the terrace near a bench. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., 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.121c]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: View looking northwest through the observatory tower arch at the basin of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows a pavilion of the old mill house, the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam, and a man sitting on the ornate railing of the inclined walkway under the arch. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., 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 - Public Utilities [P.9299.2]

Title: [Schuylkill Water Works]
Description: View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a rowboat near the fenced water basin of the waterworks in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122d]

Title: Col. M. Corcoran addressing the crowds in front of the Continental Hotel, Phila., August 21, 1862
Description: Rooftop views looking east from above Ninth Street showing a massive crowd in front of the Continental and Girard House hotels on the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Shows a large horse-drawn enclosed platform resting near the crowd and a caravan of horse-drawn carriages traveling up the street. People look out the windows and stand on the balconies of nearby businesses. Businesses include the Root Gallery photographic studio operated by J.J. Bushnell from 1862-1863 (901 Chestnut) and J.H. Richelderfer's "Boy's Clothing Bazaar" (903 Chestnut). Corcoran, colonel of the Sixty-Ninth New York Brigade, i.e., the Irish Brigade travelled through Philadelphia following his release as a prisoner of war from Libby Prison., Title and date from unmounted stereograph 5779.F.12e, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Variant in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [Penrose Collection, Box 18]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [August 21, 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Events [(6)1322.F.27a; P.2282.12], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Events [(7)1322.F.69e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [5779.F.12e]

Title: Girard College, Phila.(main building)
Description: View showing a partial view of the front facade of Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Also shows a group of woman standing in the doorway of the building. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Morris Finkel., 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. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.8643.1]

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