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

Title: [Pennsylvania Railroad Depot]
Description: View of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot at the Centennial Exhibition grounds. Building is adorned with multiple flags and pedestrians are visible on sidewalks., , Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photo [P.2011.47.691]

Title: [Seventh & Chestnut streets, looking west]
Description: View looking west from Seventh Street showing the south side of the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: J. Restein & Sons, enamelers, George W. Crosscup, engraver on wood, P. Garrett & Co., publishers, Dr. L. Lindoman, podiatrist, and E. Christmann, perfumery (702 Chestnut); the Parham Sewing Machine Co. (704 Chestnut); Thomas & Co., men's furnishing goods and Burton Mansfield, clothiers & tailors (706 Chestnut); Warne, Brothers & Co., importer of watches and jewelery and the One Dollar Store, fancy goods (712 Chestnut). A group of men read broadsides pasted on the side of the building at the corner. Many of the buildings are heavily adorned with signage. Also includes lamppost on the corner with an advertisement promoting Forney's Press. The Parham Sewing Machine Company operated at 704 Chestnut Street in 1870., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: 7th & Chestnut stts[sic], looking west., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Publisher' s imprint printed on verso., Printed on mount: No. 7., Inscribed on negative: 207., Pink mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., R. 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, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870], c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9299.129]

Title: Merchant's 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. A horse-drawn wagon stands in front of the building., Publisher's imprint stamped on verso., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Pink mount with rounded corners., Inscribed on negative: 256., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Newell and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Banks [P.9299.128]

Title: Arch at Fairmount
Description: View looking west 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 Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam; a man standing on a promenade in the foreground; and wood planks, pipes, and buckets laying on the terrace, which was modified between 1867 and 1872. 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, Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and series number inscribed in negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereographs - Purviance - Public Utilities [P.9356.5]

Title: New York R.R. Bridge
Description: View from the west bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park) depicting the Victorian-style stone and wrought iron Connecting Railway Bridge or Schuylkill River Bridge utilized by the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Gas-lighted lamps and an arch truss adorn the bridge., Title from manuscript note on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on verso., Name of artist supplied by duplicate views photographed circa 1870. (P.9060.31a and P.9062.89a)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.81]

Title: Lucretia Mott's home
Description: View showing Roadside, the three-story stone residence with an ivy-covered porch of Quaker abolitionist and reformer Lucretia Mott, in Cheltenham Township. Mott sits in a chair on the front lawn. A woman, attired in a dark-colored dress, possibly her daughter Marie Mott Davis or Elizabeth Mott Cavender, stands to her right and touches the back of her chair. Another woman, possibly her daugher Marie Mott Davis or Elizabeth Mott Cavender, attired in a dark-colored dress sits on the grass to her left. A child sits to the left of the seated woman. A child's hand cart lies in the grass next to them. Trees, mostly free of foliage, line the property. Mott and her husband James moved from their Philadelphia city residence to Roadside in 1857. The residence was used for the Underground Railroad and was part of an estate acquired by Mott's daughter Marie and her real estate developer husband Edward M. Davis known as Old Farm. Old Farm comprised land between Old York Road, Penrose Avenue, Cheltenham Avenue (City Line Avenue), and Beech Avenue. Mott's daughter Elizabeth lived at Roadside in 1865 before passing away from cancer., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on verso. Illustrated with an ornament shaped as a circular frame and surrounding the imprint. Garland and ribbon adorns the outer edge of the frame., Date inferred from format, active dates of photographer, and attire of sitters., Description and access points reviewed 2022., John W. Hurn (182-1887) was born in England and worked as a book keeper in upstate New York by 1850. A radical abolitionist, he worked as a photographer in Philadelphia by 1860 and operated a studio at 1319 Chestnut Street through the 1870s.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Hurn - Residences [P.2016.22.5]

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: [Early model for Freedmen's Memorial by Thomas Ball]
Description: Front and oblique views with a dark background, likely photographed in Thomas Ball's studio, showing his model for a design later proposed and adapted for the Freedman's Memorial to Lincoln (erected 1876, Washington, D.C.) that was first discussed as a Lincoln monument in the later 1860s. Shows the model composed of a figure of Abraham Lincoln (left) and a kneeling, emancipated, enslaved Black man figure (right). The Black man figure, is portrayed in left profile, looking out toward the vista, and with his left knee to the ground and his right knee bent. His left foot is arched up from the ground. He holds his left hand with his knuckles to the ground and his right hand across his waist and resting on the inner elbow of his left arm. The figure has curly hair and wears a Liberty cap and a loin cloth. Broken shackles adorn his wrists. The Lincoln figure, attired in a suit with a long coat, stands, looks down on the Black man figure, and holds out his left hand above the kneeling man, while his right hand holds the Emancipation Proclamation (semi-rolled) on a plinth decorated with patriotic symbols. Symbols include a profile portrait of George Washington, the fasces of the U.S. Republic, and a shield adorned with the stars and stripes. The base of the plinth is inscribed "T. Ball 1865." The figures rest on a base marked "And upon this act-I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favour of Almighty God.", A national monument project sponsored by the Western Sanitary Commission of St. Louis was initiated after formerly enslaved Charlotte Scott of Marietta, OH pledged $5 for a monument to Abraham Lincoln following his assassination in 1865. Donations from formerly enslaved persons grew to $20,000 within months of Scott's original donation. After years of competing projects, designs, and sponsoring agencies, on April 14, 1876, Ball's sculpture adapted from the model depicted, the "Emancipation Memorial," and designed without the input of the formerly enslaved donors was erected in Lincoln Square, Washington, D.C. on an eastern edge of Capitol Hill., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Manuscript note on verso of verso of P.2023.32.1: Florence March 15th 1872. Emancipation Proclamation. T. Ball of Boston., Manuscript note on verso of verso of P.2023.32.1: Florence March 15th 1872. Emancipation Proclamation. T. Ball of Boston. Sculptor in Florence., Date from manuscript note on verso., Thomas Ball (1819-1911), sculptor, focused his career on the portrayal of statesmen and historical figures. He located to Florence to study sculpture in 1854. Between 1857 and 1865, he worked in Boston before returning to Florence until 1897. Ball was part of an expatriate community of artists and sculptors, including Hiram Powers, father of Longsworth Powers., See Kirk Savage, Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves: Race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), p.77-83 and 114-123., RVCDC, Longsworth Powers (1835-1904), son of sculptor Hiram Powers, lived in Florence with his family in the 1830s and returned in 1860 and began a career as a sculptor and photographer. Powers photographed prominent men and women in the city.
Creator: Powers, Longsworth, 1835-1904, photographer
Date: [1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Powers [P.2023.32.1-2]

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: Susquehanna Valley and Starucca Viaduct
Description: Landscape view showing railroad tracks near the Susquehanna River. Incorporated as the New York and Erie Railroad in 1832, the railroad was reorganized as the Erie Railway in 1861. The Starucca Viaduct in Lanesboro, Pa., constructed by the railroad in 1848 after the designs of engineers James P. Kirkwood and Julius W. Adams, is visible in the distant background. A man stands in the foreground., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Possibly photographed by C.W. Buell., Walker, a stationery store owner and publisher of New York stereographic views, had a working relationship with photographer C.W. Buell, who operated a studio from Walker's business address., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Walker, Lewis E., 1826-1916
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Walker [P.9168.8]

Title: North Conway & White Mountain scenery
Description: Portion of the series published by North Conway photographer Nathan W. Pease in 1870 documenting the landscape of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The mountains, spilt by the Crawford Notch, comprise two ranges named Presidential (east) and Franconia (west). The scenic mountains inspired the 19th-century "White Mountain School" of painting and the publication of several series of stereographic views in the mid to late nineteenth century., Views show the Crawford Notch; Middle Montain (North Conway); Diana's Baths waterfall (North Conway); the Flume gorge with Pendent Boulder (also known as the "Great Hanging Boulder") at Franconia Notch; Crystal Cascade waterfall at the Pinkham Notch; Glen Ellis Falls; and the carriage road and "half-way house and ledge" on Mt. Washington. Views also show a stream, cliffs, trees, and a couple., Titles printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Series numbers: 26, 53, 128, 149, 151, 165., Seven of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., Described in "Stereoscopic Views and Photographs." Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 1 (Sept. 1870), p. 165., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Pease established his New Hampshire photographic studio in 1858.
Creator: Pease, Nathan W., 1836-1918
Date: [1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Pease - Views - White Mountains [5739.61c-d; 5739.F.61h; 5739.F.62a-c; 5739.F.62e; P.9022.15]

Title: [Two African American men advertising Higgin's German laundry soap]
Description: Portrait photograph showing two African American men, side-by-side, attired in suits, as well as top hats with advertising text for Charles S. Higgins Company soap. One hat reads "Try it" and the other reads "Higgins German Laundry soap is the best." One man holds a swagger stick and the other a walking cane, and both stand in front of a backdrop depicting a bucolic mountain scene. Charles S. Higgins Company, established by Higgins's father W. B. Higgins in Brooklyn in 1846, manufactured "German Laundry soap" beginning around 1860, when Charles assumed the business. The laundry soap was packaged in a wrapper illustrated with an African American woman washing in a tub. By the early 1890s Charles S. Higgins left the firm still operated under his name and formed Higgins Soap Company. Court proceedings over trademarks and tradenames ensued and Higgins Soap Company became insolvent by the mid 1890s., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on verso. Includes illustration of a paint palette., Purchased with funds from the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation.
Creator: Block, B., photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - group - advertisements - Higgins [P.2013.26]

Title: Horticultural Hall
Description: Oblique view of the front and south elevations of Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. A group of men and women are gathered near the entrance of the hall. Broadside posters adorn the corners of the building. Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867. A fire destroyed this hall in early 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1882 after designs by Addison Hutton., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Theaters and halls [P.9260.56]

Title: Central Park, N.Y., the oak bridge
Description: Landscape view of the pedestrian bridge built ca. 1860 after designs by Calvert Vaux spanning a tree-lined Bank Rock Bay in New York City's Central Park. Bridge replaced in 1935., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 37., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.47]

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

Title: View from Mount Jefferson, Pa
Description: View showing a man holding a rope attached to a cannon in the foreground on Mount Jefferson, northwest of Easton, Pa. The town of Easton is visible in the background and includes the Greek-Revival Northampton County Courthouse constructed 1860-1861., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9168.11]

Title: Carpenters' Hall. Rear of 322 Chestnut Street
Description: View of the interior of the hall built 1770-1774 by the builders association, Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, after designs by member Robert Smith. Room includes chairs, a long table, and a plaque on the wall reading "Within these Walls Henry, Hancock, & Adams inspired the Delegates of the Colonies with Nerve & Sinew for the Toils of War Resulting in Our National Independence." Building served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Carpenter's Company, organized 1724, was formed to provide instruction in the science of architecture and financial assistance to members and members' families in need., Name of photographer, title, and date from duplicate in the collections of George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y., Yellow mount with rounded 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [(8)1322.F.7j]

Title: Interior of Carpenters Hall
Description: View of the interior of the hall built 1770-1774 by the builders association, Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, after designs by member Robert Smith. Shows a table with chairs in the middle of the room below a chandelier surrounded by chairs crafted by William Sanderson and benches lining the wall. Also shows framed items on the wall, including the flag of the Carpenters Company, a print, likely the 1848 Henry Sadd engraving "First Prayer in Congress," and documents. Building served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Carpenter's Company, organized 1724, was formed to provide instruction in the science of architecture and financial assistance to members and members families in need., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on 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: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W. Y. - Associations [(8)1322.F.9a-1]

Title: Fountain - Franklin Square, Phila
Description: View showing the working central marble fountain in the public square, originally known as the Northeast Square, laid out between Race, Vine, North Sixth, and North Franklin streets. Built in 1837, the fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church circa 1836. Also shows buildings lining the plaza in the distant background. Square renamed in 1825., Title from label on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Diane M. Gorham., 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. 117., Arcadia caption text: ... The square also contained a noted central marble fountain built in 1837 that can be seen in the c. 1870 photograph below. The fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church c. 1836., 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 - Parks & squares [P.2005.29]

Title: Birth place of Benj. West, Springfield, Delaware Co. Pa
Description: View showing the birthplace of the prominent historical painter Benajmin West in Springfield, i.e., Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Tall grass is visible in the foreground. The residence, built in 1724, was purchased by Swarthmore College in 1874 and serves as the college's visitors center. West was a founder and later president of the Royal Academy in London., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., 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 - Residences - W [P.9058.164]

Title: Good night
Description: Genre scene showing a man kissing a woman good night in her boudoir. The man kisses the woman's cheek as he extinguishes the candlestick that she holds with his fingers. Interior decoration includes a plant resting atop an open dresser; a watering can; a hat resting upon a hat box; and a wash stand with a wash bowl and mirror., Distributor's imprint and advertisement printed on mount: Sherman Stevens, 99 cent store, Norwalk & Stamford, Conn. Jewelry, Pictures, Frames, Fancy Goods, Bags, Lamps, Cutlery, &c., &c., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Jesse Randall., 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 - Genre [P.2005.19.15]

Title: Bliss disturbed! Quarter past one a.m
Description: Comic genre scene showing a mother and father finding their daughter and her suitor, seated and asleep, in a dining room. Shows the young woman resting her head on the chest of the young man; her father wearing a robe and holding a poker; and the mother looking for the time on a grandfather clock., Tan mount with rounded corners., Gift of Jesse Randall., 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 - Genre [P.2005.19.16]

Title: Fairmount and vicinity
Description: View showing a dilapidated building, possibly a residence for mill workers, on a hillside. A large lot of overturned ground is visible in the foreground and laundry dries on a clothesline., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., 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 - Parks - F [P.9058.162]

Title: Fairmount and vicinity
Description: View showing a dilapidated building, possibly a residence for mill workers, on a hillside. A large lot of overturned ground is visible in the foreground and laundry dries on a clothesline., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., 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 - Parks - F [P.9058.162]

Title: Fairmount and vicinity
Description: View showing a circular fountain at the base of a hill in Fairmount Park. Fountain contains five spouts, including one with ornamentation, spraying water into the air. The hill is adorned with a walkway and pavilion., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., 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 - Parks - F [P.9058.161]

Title: Universalist Church yard A front view of the church, but more particularly of the yard with the foliage upon the trees
Description: View showing the tree-lined path leading to the first Univeralist church founded in America in Gloucester, Ma. in 1779. Three children stand near the open gate to the yard in the foreground. Church known as the Independent Christian Church., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Massachusetts., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unid. photo - non-Philadelphia - Massachusetts [5738.F.2d]

Title: Fairmount and vicinity
Description: View showing a circular fountain at the base of a hill in Fairmount Park. Fountain contains five spouts, including one with ornamentation, spraying water into the air. The hill is adorned with a walkway and pavilion., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., 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 - Parks - F [P.9058.161]

Title: Fairmount Park
Description: View showing several park visitors seated within a rustric pavilion in Fairmount Park. A park guard stands in front of the pavilion. Also shows benches lining the path to the building and tents in the distant background., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., 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 - Parks - F [P.9058.158]

Title: Fairmount Park
Description: View showing several park visitors seated within a rustric pavilion in Fairmount Park. A park guard stands in front of the pavilion. Also shows benches lining the path to the building and tents in the distant background., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., 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 - Parks - F [P.9058.158]

Title: Arch Street Opera House
Description: Exterior view of Italianate front facade of the Arch Street Opera House at 1003 Arch Street, constructed in 1870 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang. A distinctive large wreathed lyre is visible above the heavy cornice. Large awnings provide shade to the two shops flanking the main entrance on the ground level. Includes partial views of adjacent commercial properties and a horse-drawn cart parked in the street in front of decorative light standards., Title from inscription on mount., Inscribed on mount: No. 167., 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. 18., Arcadia caption text: The Trocadero’s origins date back to 1870, when the Arch Street Opera House opened its doors as a minstrel theater. Designed by Edwin Forrest Durang at 1003 Arch Street, the theater burned down and was rebuilt or altered several times within the first two decades, at some point losing the free-standing wreathed lyre above the cornice shown here c. 1870. It operated under a succession of at least nine different names until settling on the Trocadero in 1896, at which time the stage mainly showcased burlesque and vaudeville groups. The Italianate style building, which originally housed retail stores in the two flanks, is the nation’s only 19th century Victorian theater left intact, thereby earning its place on the National Register of Historic Places., 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 - Theaters [P.9085.4]

Title: Fox's American Theatre
Description: Exterior view of Robert Fox's theater built in 1870 on the former Chestnut Street site of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. A lightbulb sign spelling "Family Resort" hangs over the arched entranceway, which is flanked by ground floor shops. Two men stand on the roof, one story above the street, next to a sculpture adorned by an eagle, a clock and two light standards. The theater rises several stories in the rear., Title from inscription on mount., Inscribed on mount: No. 104., 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. 19., Arcadia caption text: Robert Fox built his American Theatre in 1870 at 1021-1029 Chestnut Street, the former site of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In this view, dated c. 1870, the faces of Comedy and Tragedy rest atop the cornice, while a large clock topped with an eagle ornaments the forward-projected entryway, flanked by playbills advertising “The Brigands.” The interior featured seats for 1,656 people and box seats designed in a fishbowl shape. The Chestnut Street Opera House began operating out of the theater in 1880 and became a leading venue in the city. The building was demolished in 1940., 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 - Theaters [P.9058.174]

Title: Pine St. from 17th to 18th
Description: View of four-story, Italianate row houses on the 1700 block of Pine Street., Title inscribed on mount., Numbered 249 on mount., 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. 30., Arcadia caption text: One of the earliest speculative rows constructed west of Broad Street, this block of four-story, Italianate rowhouses on Pine Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets was built for an upper middle-class market. ..., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Residences [P.9047.57]

Title: [Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek with adjacent mill building in the right foreground, part of Bishop's Mills at time of photograph. Named after former mill owners James and John Bell, the bridge was constructed in 1820., Title providing incorrect location printed in gold on mount: View on the Wissahickon at Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Penn., Publisher's imprint printed in gold on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - London Stereoscopic Co. - Parks [P.9466.28]

Title: Cheat River, Rowlesburg, W. Va
Description: Landscape view showing the Cheat River in Rowlesburg, West Virginia. The river is flanked by tree-covered hills., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9466.14]

Title: Point lookout, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing men standing on and adjacent to a gazebo in East Fairmount Park overlooking the Schuykill River. The West Philadelphia Water Works standpipe, built ca. 1855 after designs by Birkinbine & Trotter, is visible in the distant left background., Title printed on mount., Cube pattern printed in blue ink on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Parks [P.9260.59]

Title: Fairmount Park scenery, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing three men standing in front of a gazebo in East Fairmount Park overlooking the Schuykill River. The West Philadelphia Water Works standpipe, built ca. 1855 after designs by Birkinbine & Trotter, is visible in the distant left background., Title from printed series list on verso with nineteen other unnumbered titles., Printed on mount: New series, American views., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Parks [P.9260.60]

Title: View in Jefferson Park
Description: View showing three men standing on a stone footbridge spanning a creek in Jefferson Park, Chicago., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's stamp on verso: From Pierce & Snyder, 122 Dearborn St., Chicago., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Melander, L. M.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Melander - Parks [P.9022.52]

Title: Freaks of the Frost King
Description: Winter view showing the front lawn of a residence covered in snow. Includes a snow-covered rustic bench surrounding a tree in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's stamp on verso: From Pierce & Snyder, 122 Dearborn St., Chicago., Creme mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Melander, L. M.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Melander - Views [P.9022.54]

Title: [Interior views of the McAllister Residence, 14 North Merrick Street, West Penn Square, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior views of John McAllister Jr.'s residence on West Penn Square showing bedrooms, parlors, the main staircase, and the furniture and artwork decorating the rooms and walls, including a fireplace and mantle, piano, paintings, tables, chairs, mirrors, beds, and wash basins. Several views include John McAllister, Jr., with an unidentified man in one view, sitting in chairs in a parlor., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., One item [P.9389.2] 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. 26., Arcadia caption text: ... This house, built around 1835 on North Merrick Street, was one of a growing number of large double townhouses that lined Penn Square by the end of the 1830s. ... The image below provides a partial view of two of the bedrooms., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9389.1-9]

Title: Guard house, entrance to Fairmount Park
Description: View of a man, presumably a guard, standing in front of a small guard house at an entrance to Fairmount Park. Row houses are visible in the left background., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9013.1]

Title: [St. George's Methodist Church, 235 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of west front of church built 1763-1812 after designs by master builder Robert Smith on North Fourth Street south of New Street. Construction originally commissioned by German Calvinists who could not afford to fund the project to its completion. Unfinished building subsequently purchased in 1769 by Methodists, who held the first conference of American Methodists here in 1773., Title supplied by cataloger., Upper righthand corner of left albumen print torn., Tan mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion [P.9047.131]

Title: [Steamboat 684 Undine]
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the docked steamboat "Undine" and its passengers. Also shows the stone arch Reading Railroad Bridge, constructed by mason Christian Swartz 1853-1856, spanning the river north of Laurel Hill Cemetery, identified by the tombstones and monuments visible on the hill overlooking the bridge. The bridge was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Rail Road to "connect with the main road upon the west side of the river.", Title supplied by cataloger., Copy stereograph attributed to James Cremer based on his imprint on original [P.9260.18], Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.72]

Title: Falls on the Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view showing a small dam or waterfall on the tree-lined, shallow Wissahickon Creek. Includes a man sitting on large rocks in the foreground., Title on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9146.1]

Title: Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view showing the calm waters of the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 36., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9022.37]

Title: Stand-pipe at Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
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 a man 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., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Public Utilities [P.9137.1]

Title: Finding the bird's nest
Description: Genre scene showing two girls looking at a bird's nest on top of rocks next to a picket fence. One girl, attired in bloomers, kneels on the ground to observe the nest., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 15., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9022.68]

Title: Giving gas
Description: Comic genre scene showing a dentist, attired in a silk robe and pileus, administering gas to a male patient seated in a chair. A pipe hangs from the dentist's mouth. His young male helper watches the scene with glee. A sign reading, "S.B. Smith, dentist," hangs on the wall., Title on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2009.13.2]

Title: Extracting teeth
Description: Comic genre scene showing a man being restrained in a dentist's chair by a boy who holds a scarf around the man's neck. The dentist, attired in a silk robe and pileus, pulls out the patient's teeth with an abnormally large instrument. A sign reading, "S.B. Smith, dentist," hangs on the wall., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See complementary stereograph "Is That tooth Mine?" [stereo - unid. - Genre (P.2009.13.4)]., Gift of William Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2009.13.3]

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