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Title: [Lewis?] Mill, foot of Flying Hill
Description: View showing the stone mill at the end of a dirt road near the base of a small mountain in a rural area. In the foreground, a cart sits on the side of the road near a residence with a picket fence. A man stands in the road in front of the residence. A second residence is visible in the background., Title from partial label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philad'a. Photo-miniatures in every style. Family groups taken for the Stereoscope., Yellow mount, trimmed., Manuscript note on verso: No. 55[crossed out]; No. 63 Mill, Front of Flying Hill., Cremer, a Philadelphia photographer and leading stereograph publisher, used distributor's labels on competing publisher's views or on his own inferiorly photographed prints., 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 - Cremer - Industry [P.9137.2]

Title: [Chestnut Street, east of Fourth Street]
Description: View showing the 300 block, north side, of the commercial Philadelphia street. Businesses include: Stein & Jones (Rudolph Stein & Alfred T. Jones), printers and lithographers at 321 Chestnut; the First National Bank (completed 1867 after designs of John McArthur Jr.) at 315 Chestnut Street; the Bank of North America (established 1781, building completed 1848 after designs of John Notman) at 307-309 Chestnut and Richard Magee stationery at 316 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn wagons line the street., Name of photographer from duplicate stereograph., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on verso: [First National Bank] [300 Block Chestnut], Unmounted half of stereoview., 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: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [(7)1322.F.69l]

Title: Chestnut St[reet], west of 8th, Philadelphia
Description: View of the commercial street, above Eighth Street, south side. Businesses include: John Wanamaker & Co. luxury clothing store (established 1869) at 818 Chestnut Street; publishers and booksellers Porter & Coates (1867-1895) at 822 Chestnut Street; and the Continental Hotel (completed 1860 after designs of John McArthur, Jr.) at the corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. Mannequins stand in front of the doorway of the Wanamaker store., Title from manuscript note on verso., Orange 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 -Streets [P.9191.7]

Title: La Pierre House
Description: View from above Chestnut Street showing the hotel at Broad and Sansom streets opened by George W. and J.G. Edwards in 1853. The hotel built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. was expanded and renamed the Lafayette Hotel in 1876. View also includes the adjacent buildings of the third building of the Academy of Natural Sciences (1840-1876) and the Union League (built 1865) at Broad and Sansom streets. A horse-drawn carriage rests near the hotel., Green mount with rounded corners., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Poor condition. Glue stained., 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hotels [P.9047.109]

Title: I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philada
Description: View showing the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site in Port Richmond along the Delaware River. Complex included a foundry, a machinery shop, a smithery, and a boiler shop., Title from manuscript note on verso., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p.16., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [8353.F.19]

Title: [I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, after boiler explosion of October 19, 1861]
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. A man stands amongst the wreckage of the boiler shop. The explosion was purportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 17., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4,5)., Duplicate of (8)1322.F.43a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: [October, 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [8353.F.20]

Title: Results of boiler explosion at I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philada Oct. 19 / 61
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. A man stands amongst the wreckage of the boiler shop. The explosion was puportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title from accompanying label signed by the photographer., Buff mount with square corners., See Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 17., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Duplicate of 8353.F.20., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4, 5)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: October, 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [(8)1322.F.43a]

Title: [Results of boiler explosion at I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Oct. 19 / 61]
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. The explosion was purportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title from manuscript note on verso signed by the photographer., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 18., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4, 5)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: October, 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [8353.F.21]

Title: U.S. Mint [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view showing the front of the second mint building at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and 13th streets) completed in 1833 after the designs of William Strickland and possibly John Haviland. The mint operated at the site until 1902 when the agency relocated and the building was razed. Trees protected by tree boxes line the street in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Date from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W., photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Government Buildings [P.9462.3]

Title: Custom House, Philada
Description: View looking west on Chestnut Street showing the government building at 420 Chestnut Street. Originally built as the Second Bank of the United States in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the building served as the U.S. Custom House from 1845 to 1935. Also includes the Philadelphia Bank Building at 400-408 Chestnut Street (built 1836). Several individuals sit and stand on the steps of the customhouse., Attributed to Robert Newell., Stereograph mounted on pale yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on stereograph mount., 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: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government Buildings [(6)1322.F.205d; (8)1322.F.21e]

Title: View on the Wissihicken [sic] near Philla. [sic]
Description: View showing a stretch of Lincoln Drive including Maple Spring Hotel, the roadhouse and picnic resort established around 1865. The hotel was known for proprietor Joseph Smith's prominently displayed hand-carved curios created from laurel root that he gathered along the Wissahickon Creek. The hotel fell into ruin following the loss of its liquor privileges and was razed in the late 19th century. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the wooded road., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Name of photographer from duplicate. (3)1322.F.137h., Gift of Ivan Noble., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [7992.F.8]

Title: [Arch Street looking east from below Seventh Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the north side of the 600-700 blocks of Arch Street. Businesses include: M.A. Shaw, china and glassware dealer (7th and Arch) and Fuchs and Kraupa, window shade dealers (639 Arch). Pedestrians walk the sidewalks and horse-drawn carts and drays travel down the street. Also shows signage advertising John Fareira Fur Store (718 Arch) in the lower right corner of the image, Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: Arch St. Philada., 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. 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [7992.F.14]

Title: [Chestnut Street, east of Second Street, south side, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the south side of the 100 block of Chestnut Street, including a gentlemen's clothing store, an oyster house, several wool and cotton dealers, and Robert Patterson & Co.,commercial merchants. Men stand in front of the storefronts and horse-drawn drays, crates, and barrels line the street and sidewalks., Attributed to Robert Newell., Unmounted half of stereoview., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(6)1322.F.69e]

Title: [Chestnut Street, west from Ninth Street, north side, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the north side of the 900 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Pennsylvania Central Railroad ticket office (901 Chestnut); Richelderfers, gentlemen's furnishings (903 Chestnut); and J.E. Gould, piano and organ dealer (923 Chestnut). Railroad ticket office heavily adorned with signage. Also includes partial view of an awning inscribed "[sil]ver plated war[es]" adorning the business on the adjacent corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets., Attributed to Robert Newell., Unmounted half of stereoview., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(6)1322.F.94e]

Title: [Chestnut Street, west from Seventh Street, north side, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the north side of the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: Joseph Monier, bookbinder and printer (Chestnut and Seventh); Washington Hotel (711 Chestnut); and the Masonic Hall (713-721 Chestnut), built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart and razed by fire in 1886. Also includes partial view of Girard Fire Insurance Company (639 Chestnut) and signage for the The One Dollar Store, variety store, on the south side of the block., Attributed to Robert Newell., Unmounted half of stereoview., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(7)1322.F.59a]

Title: [Chestnut Street, east from Twelfth Street, south side]
Description: View showing the 1100 block of the commercial street including, the building tenanted by Bailey & Co. jewelers at Twelfth and Chestnut streets. Boys sit on the ledge of the large window of the jewelery store near a peddler seated on the corner. Lampposts line the block., Attributed to Robert Newell., Unmounted half of stereoview., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(7)1322.F.69g]

Title: [Market Street west of Second Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: View showing the north side of the 200 block of Market Street. Businesses include: Du Hadway & Dodson, cloths, cassimeres, and vestings, (Market and Second); one of two stores of Edward T. Steele & Co., cloth house (203 Market); William F. Wheeler, notions (207 Market); Vance & Landis & Co., hardware (211 Market); Lynch & Fisher, dry goods (213 Market); Kempton, Thompson, & Co., dry goods (217 Market). Many of the buildings are adorned with awnings. Several crates line the street. A dray rests idle in front of Du Hadway & Dodson. Also includes two telegraph poles., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso incorrectly identifying view: Market west of 3rd., Green 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: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9047.110]

Title: Second St., north of Market, west side
Description: View showing the west side of Second Street between Market and Arch streets. Businesses include: Du Hadway & Dodson, cloths, cassimeres, and vestings (Market and Second); the second of two stores of Edward T. Steele & Co., cloths and cassimeres (4 North 2nd); Bartram, cloths and cassimeres (8 North 2nd); Holland & Develin, confectioners (14 North 2nd); and F.D. Kramer & Co., furniture (36 North 2nd). Several men stand in front of Du Hadway & Dodson near a telegraph pole and merchandise displays., Paper label on verso listing over one hundred views published by the firm., Buff mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9805]

Title: Third St., north of Walnut, east side
Description: View showing the back of the Merchants' Exchange building, designed by William Strickland, at the southeast corner of Third and Walnut streets. Includes signage for the Union Mutual Insurance Company (incorporated 1804) that tenanted the building at street level. In front of the building, a man leans on a tree, a female peddler sits beside her produce stand, and a horse-drawn carriage stands idle. View also includes a lamppost with letter box., Paper label on verso listing over one hundred exterior views published by the firm., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 97., Arcadia caption text: ... The image below, looking north along Third Street from Walnut Street, shows the plainer western façade of the Exchange., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9041]

Title: Factory of the Meter Co. Phila
Description: View of the American Meter Company at Arch and Twenty-Second streets. Includes a group of children seated on a patch of grass in front of the manufactory. Philadelphia served as the chief seat of gas-making machinery in the United States during the mid nineteenth century., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Industry [P.8464.21]

Title: U.S. Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J
Description: Depicts a man on the beach looking past a grove of trees toward the palatial hotel situated on the block bounded by Atlantic, Delaware, States, and Pacific avenues. The luxury hotel, one of the city's first, opened in 1854 under the ownership of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad. The hotel was razed in 1898., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New Jersey., 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. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Hotels [5742.F.6a]

Title: United States Mint
Description: Exterior view of the second mint building at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and 13th streets) completed in 1833 after the designs of William Strickland and possibly John Haviland. The mint operated at the site until 1902 when the agency relocated and the building was razed. Pedestrians stand on the steps of, in front of, and near the building. Trees protected by iron cages line the street in the foreground., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran and Story was a short-lived partnership between Philadelphia photographers John Moran and John Story in the early 1860s.
Creator: Moran & Storey
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran & Story - Government Buildings [P.8464.19]

Title: Stevenson farm O[il] Creek Penn[sylvania]
Description: View photographed during the Pennsylvania oil speculation boom of the 1860s showing a derrick, several oil tanks, and a shack on the farm of John Stevenson in Venango County. A man stands near a tree stump in the foreground. Stevenson farm was sold in 1865 and incorporated into the Ocean Oil Company., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mather, an English emigre, operated a photo gallery in Titusville from 1860 to 1915. His views of the oil region and its residents constitute the most comprehensive and reproduced record of the Pennsylvania petroleum industry in the mid nineteenth century.
Creator: Mather, John A. (John Aked), 1829-1915
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mather -Industry [P.9212.1]

Title: Dennis Run Oil Co. Tidioute Penn[sylvania]
Description: View photographed during the Pennsylvania oil speculation boom of the 1860s showing derricks and a shack of the company near Dennis Run Creek. A man stands under one of the derricks. Uncut trees surround the well. Drilling began in Dennis Run in 1866., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mather, an English emigre, operated a photo gallery in Titusville from 1860 to 1915. His views of the oil region and its residents constitute the most comprehensive and reproduced record of the Pennsylvania petroleum industry in the mid nineteenth century.
Creator: Mather, John A. (John Aked), 1829-1915
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mather -Industry [P.9212.2]

Title: Boyd, Stevenson farm Oil Creek Penn[sylvania]
Description: View photographed during the Pennsylvania oil speculation boom of the 1860s showing the James Boyd and John Stevenson farms in the Oil Creek Valley. Includes an oil derrick, a bridge over Oil Creek, several wooden structures, and the Oil Exchange Hotel. Boyd Farm served as a hub for the Oil Creek Railroad, consequently promoting the development of the speculator town, Bennenhoff City., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mather, an English emigre, operated a photo gallery in Titusville from 1860 to 1915. His views of the oil region and its residents constitute the most comprehensive and reproduced record of the Pennsylvania petroleum industry in the mid nineteenth century.
Creator: Mather, John A. (John Aked), 1829-1915
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mather - Industry [P.9212.3]

Title: The Exchange
Description: Exterior view of the exchange building built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland at the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets. Lettering for stockbrokers "Bowen and Fox" adorns the facade. Includes partial views of adjacent streets and buildings, including Girard National Bank (formerly Bank of the United States) at 120 South Third Street, H.G. Leisenring's Printing House at 237 Dock Street, and Schmidt & Leslie Watch Case Makers at 216 Walnut Street. A trolley passes the exchange., Cream mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso advertising: "Views in Philadelphia, Public Buildings, Streets, Interiors, &c., Manuscript note on mount: Exchange., Duplicate of (6)1322.F.137a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Banks [8353.F.30]

Title: Exchange, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the exchange building built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland at the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets. Lettering for stockbrokers "Bowen and Fox" adorns the facade. Includes partial views of adjacent streets and buildings, including Girard National Bank (formerly Bank of the United States) at 120 South Third Street, H.G. Leisenring's Printing House at 237 Dock Street, and Schmidt and Leslie Watch Case Makers at 216 Walnut Street. A trolley passes the exchange., Yellow mount, trimmed., Title printed on mount., Name of photographer from duplicate stereograph (8353.F.30)., Series title from duplicate stereograph (8353.F.30)., 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Banks [(6)1322.F.137a]

Title: The Exchange, Philadelphia
Description: Street scene showing the intersection of Dock and Third streets including a partial view of the semi-circular portico of the exchange. The building, built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, contains lettering for stockbrokers "Brown and Fox." Trolleys and pedestrians traverse Dock Street. H.G. Leisenring's Printing House at 237 Dock Street and Girard National Bank (formerly Bank of the United States) at 120 South Third Street stand in the background., Light yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Banks [P.8464.20]

Title: A lumber yard after the freshet of Sep[tember 4,] 1861
Description: View showing the wrecked lumber yard of Jacob and George A. Binder, lumber dealers, at the southeast corner of 6th and Oxford streets. Workers stand in front of lopsided piles of lumber near a dray. Unscathed buildings are visible in the background, including the business of Schoening & Harm, morroco manufacturers at 1528 North 5th Street., Cream mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Gift of E. Perot Walker., See Daily Evening Bulletin, September 4, 1861, p. 3 for description of the flood., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Business [P.8464.17]

Title: U.S. Mint
Description: Exterior view of the second mint building at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and 13th streets) completed in 1833 after the designs of William Strickland and possibly John Haviland. The mint operated at the site until 1902 when the mint relocated and the building was razed. Trees protected by tree boxes line the street in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on mount., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran -Government Buildings [(8)1322.F.29c]

Title: [Jacob and George A. Binder lumber yard after the freshet of September 4, 1861]
Description: View showing the wrecked lumberyard at the southeast corner of 6th and Oxford streets destroyed by a flood that developed from a violent thunderstorm of hail. In the foreground, lay several lopsided piles of lumber. In the background, the chemical and pharmaceutical manufactory of Crew, Rogers, and Crew at 1601 North 6th Street stands unscathed next to a destroyed building., Buff mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Philadelphia photographer John Moran., Gift of E. Perot Walker., See Daily Evening Bulletin, September 4, 1861, p.3 for description of the flood., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Business [P.8464.25]

Title: Brainard House
Description: Exterior view of the two-story hotel with a veranda, possibly in Philadelphia. Includes a group of men and children standing near the front steps., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Stamped on verso: West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church, Philada., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Hotels [P.8464.18]

Title: Coke burning - Alleghenies
Description: Depicts coal miners covered in coal dust leading a mule-drawn coal car on makeshift tracks in the western Pennsylvania mountains. Other coal-workers, including a boy, work near a mound of dirt and ride a horse. Wood shacks stand in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Industry [P.8992.20]

Title: Union League, Broad and Sansom sts
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlights. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Series label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - associations [P.9462.5]

Title: The foundation of the Union League House, Phil
Description: Construction site for the Union League building showing workers beginning work on the foundation. Academy of Natural Sciences visible in background. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Groundbreaking for Union League building at Broad and Sansom streets took plance on March 1,1864 and the building opened on May 11, 1865., Buff mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - associations [P.8464.23]

Title: Chestnut Street east of Eighth St
Description: View looking east from below Eighth Street showing the Masonic Hall at 713-721 Chestnut. The hall, built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart, was razed by fire in 1886. Shows adjacent businesses, including Marxsen & Witte, china and glass (713 Chestnut); James E. Brown, trunk manufacturer (708 Chestnut); Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College (7th and Chestnut); Charles Dumming & Co., musical instruments (633 Chestnut); Farrel & Herring, fire-proof safe manufacturers (629 Chestnut); and a cafe. Also includes signage advertising Willis P. Hazard, bookseller and publisher (724 Chestnut), and L. Feigle, millinery (722 Chestnut), in the lower right corner of the image. Several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks and horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel the streets., Title from accompanying photographer's label., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Stereoview incorrectly identified as "East of 7th St." on photographer's 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [(8)1322.F.25n]

Title: View from the Lancaster House
Description: View looking probably from the Lancaster County House at 42 East King Street showing a section of Lancaster, Pa. Includes a business advertising beer and bitters and a mountain range in the background., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., 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 - non-Philadelphia - Views [5739.F.61b]

Title: Cumberland Island, Georgia
Description: Views showing rocks with hieroglyphics on the the barrier island off the Southern end of Georgia used as a fishing and hunting ground by Native Americans before the 16th century., Title from label accompanying 5739.F.54d., Yellow paper mounts with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., 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 - Non-Philadelphia - Georgia [5739.F.54a, b & d]

Title: Castle Garden, New York
Description: Shows the former theater at Battery Park used as the first examining and processing center for immigrants between 1855 and 1890. Building adorned with signage reading "Office of the Commission of Emigration. Castle Garden." View also includes sailing ships in the background., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Inscribed in negative: 4584., Distributor's imprint partially stamped on verso: [McAllister Optician 627 Broadway New York]., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New York., 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 stereo - Anthony - Government Buildings [5741.F.2c]

Title: Niagara. Winter. Down the river from Table Rock
Description: View showing a snow covered ledge above the Niagara River past the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Also shows a lodge resort in the distant background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New York., 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 - Non-Philadelphia - New York [5741.F.66b]

Title: The Jayne Building, 7th & Chestnut Sts. Philada
Description: View looking east showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street depicting Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut), an office buildings constructed in 1860 for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne and tenanted by Atwood, Ralston & Co.; Yard, Gilmore & Co., silk goods; Furness, Brinley & Co.; and M.L. Hallowell & Co.. Also includes adjoining businesses to the east., Yellow paper mount., Title from pencil inscription on mount., 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: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Businesses [(8)1322.F.25b]

Title: [The Jayne Building, 7th & Chestnut Sts. Philada.]
Description: View looking east showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street depicting Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut), an office buildings constructed in 1860 for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne and tenanted by Atwood, Ralston & Co.; Yard, Gilmore & Co., silk goods; Furness, Brinley & Co.; and M.L. Hallowell & Co.. Also includes adjoining businesses to the east and street railroad tracks., Pale yellow paper mount., Title from duplicate (8)1322.F.25b., 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: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Businesses [(8)1322.F.25d]

Title: Jayne's Hall, Chestnut St., below 7th
Description: View looking east showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street depicting two office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Image includes Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut), constructed in 1860 and tenanted by Atwood, Ralston & Co.; Yard, Gilmore & Co., silk goods; Furness, Brinley & Co.; and M.L. Hallowell & Co.; and a partial view of Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut), constructed 1856. Also includes adjoining businesses to the east and street railroad tracks., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from label on verso., Printed label on verso containing a list of 39 views of Philadelphia offered for sale by George O. Bartlett., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Businesses [P.9107.9]

Title: Dr. Jayne's Building
Description: View of Chestnut Street, between 2nd and 3rd, south side, looking east. Includes the Jayne Building (242-244 Chestnut), constructed 1848-1850, based on the designs of Philadelphia architect William J. Johnston for David Jayne, chemist and manufacturer of patent medicines. Six story wings on either side (238-40 and 246 Chestnut Street) were constructed in 1851 and designed by Thomas Ustick Walter. Image also shows the Western Union Telegraph Co. building and includes several horse-drawn carts and wagons., Title and series number from accompanying printed label with stereograph., Stereograph on yellow 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., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French ca. 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Business [(7)1322.F.69m; (8)1322.F.19f]

Title: The Echo at Riverton, N.J
Description: Depicts a sailboat with the sail up on the Delaware River. Six passengers, including an African American man, sit within the boat. Trees are visible along the shoreline in the background., Green mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on paper label on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Fred S. Wiese No. 33., Purchase 2002., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 [P.2002.4.3]

Title: The Echo at Riverton, N.J
Description: Depicts a sailboat on the Delaware River with a two-men crew. At the bow, a white man leans his right hand on the boom, which the sail is rolled around. Behind him, an African American man leans his right elbow on the boom and stands with his left hand on his hip. Trees along the shoreline are visual in the background., Green mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on paper label on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Fred S. Wiese No. 34., Purchase 2002., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 - Views [P.2002.4.4]

Title: Interior of Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul
Description: View of church nave facing altar. Cathedral built between 1846 and 1864. Interior design by Napoleon LeBrun, exterior design executed by John Notman., Title from inscriptions on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., 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 Religion [(5)1322.F.40c]

Title: Union League club house Ph[iladelphi]a
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlight, fire hydrant and group of men standing in front of building. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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 - Associations [P.9047.11]

Title: Union League building
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlight and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Paper label on verso: Wm. Senter. watches, clocks, jewelry & spectacles. 54 Exchange st. [Por]tland, Me., 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.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9047.86 (Vogel)]

Title: Union League
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlight, fire hydrant, and man standing on building steps. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript note on recto., Green mount with rounded corners., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.3d-2]

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