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- Title
- Church of the Evangelists. Catharine St. west of 7th., Philadelphia
- Description
- View of the Episcopal church built 1856-1857 at 711-721 Catharine Street. Church property contains side courtyards enclosed by iron gates. Also show partial views of neighboring buildings and street and pedestrian traffic. Traffic includes a horse-drawn carriage, three men conversing on the sidewalk, a man on horseback, and a man walking, a coat over his arm, who is followed by a dog. Congregation formed in 1837 and admitted to the Episcopal church in 1842. The church was the last consecrated by Bishop Potter in the Philadelphia diocese in 1864. The building was razed in 1885, rebuilt in 1886 after the designs of Furness, Evans & Co., and in 1922 incorporated into the Fleisher Art Memorial., Artist possibly French-born lithographer Leonard Crepson (b. 1837)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 125, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 E 92
- Creator
- Crépon, L., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1857]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 E 92
- Title
- Wissahiccon Paper Mills. Warehouse, 30 South Sixth Street, Charles Magarge & Co., Philadelphia, Penna
- Description
- Advertisement after a circa 1858 oil painting "Magarge Paper Mill" by William E. Winner showing the expanded paper mill originally built for William Dewees in 1731 at the foot of Wise's Mill Road on the bucolic Wissahickon Creek. Mill includes the main building, boiler house, machine room, and chimney. Mill was rented by Charles Magarge (President of Bank of Germantown) in 1844 and purchased by him in 1853 and thereafter expanded to house a Fourdrinier Paper machine. It was the first mill to use wood pulp to make paper. Also shows a girl gathering flowers on a hillside in the foreground and a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road in front of the mill in the background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 847, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 W 763, Original painting in the collections of the Germantown Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Creator
- Frey, A., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 W 763
- Title
- Princeton Presbyterian Church, Phila
- Description
- Exterior view showing the greenstone church built 1858-1860 at 39th Street (i.e., Saunders Avenue) and Powelton Avenue in West Philadelphia. An iron fence surrounds the church and trees line the sidewalk in front of the sanctuary. A lot of land and a grove of trees flank the property. Exiting parishioners are visible in the doorway and individuals greet and converse with one another on the sidewalk as a horse-drawn buggy rushes past in the street. A new church building was completed on the site in 1876. Congregation organized October 1855., Manuscript note on recto: 39th & Powelton Ave., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 627, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 136 P 957
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 136 P 957
- Title
- First Moravian Church cor. Franklin & Wood sts. Philadelphia
- Description
- View of the third church building, with side courtyard, completed in 1856 after the designs of J. A. C. Trautwine for the Moravian congregation established in 1742. Trees and an iron-work fence surround the building in which well-dress church members enter. Several other parishioners, many in overcoats, including women with parasols, and children, approach the sanctuary. In the left of the image, a boy and a girl lead their parents past a tree on the corner and across the street to the church. Also shows neighboring buildings., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 260, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 138 M 831
- Creator
- Rease, W. H.
- Date
- [ca. 1857]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 138 M 831
- Title
- Interior View of L. J. Levy & Co's Dry Goods Store, Chestnut St. Phila Erected in 1857 by W. P. Fetridge, Esqr. 55 Feet Front & 175 Feet Deep
- Description
- Advertisement showing the interior of the two-level dry goods store containing a parquet floor and Corinthian columns, and busy with customers at 809-811 Chestnut Street. Men and women patrons mill around and stop at the display counters, one centrally located and the other against the wall. Compartments of textiles line the wall to the right and a women clerk pulls a bolt of cloth as another assists a female customer accompanied by her stylishly dressed daughter. A couple with a child talks with a female clerk at the large C-shaped central counter lined with stools that encloses an island of shelves displaying dry goods. Three men convene near a woman talking to a teller behind a partition to the left. People ascend and descend the semi-circular staircase to the second floor balcony from which bolts of cloth, most with patterns, hang. Two large windows covered with drapes and a chandelier is visible on the upper floor that is also adorned with ornate lamps., Ms note on recto: 809/15 Chestnut St. Taken S. V. Henkels., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 387, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 L 668, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana -Stores and Shops - Levy. (2 copies) FLP also holds original watercolor. (Oversize Philadelphiana -Stores and Shops - Levy)., Fetridge was a New York publisher.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1857]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 38 L 668
- Title
- Empire Hook & Ladder Company, no. 1. Instituted February 6, 1851
- Description
- Street view of the red, yellow, and black hook and ladder truck, probably in front of the Empire Fire House at Franklin Street above Wood Street in Kensington. A company volunteer, wearing his helmet, stands at the harness end of the truck on which two trumpets hang. Lanterns adorn the vehicle., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: Presented to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by Geo. S. Bethell, architect., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 208, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 832 E 55
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1851]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 832 E 55
- Title
- Duval, Williams & Duval late P. S. Duval & Son lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St., ab. Chestnut Philada All works appertaining to the various branches of lithographic drawing, engraving, and transferring, printing, plain and in colors, are executed in this establishment in the best style of the art. Turn over
- Description
- Advertisement containing an allegorical scene surrounded by a floral border. Scene shows a child asleep in her bed labeled "The Dream of Heaven" as angels, including one holding a book of "wisdom" and a basket of fruits hovers near her on a cluster of clouds. Also contains several lines of advertising text on the verso promoting the preparedness of the establishment to "execute" all kinds of lithographic drawings at the "shortest notice" at prices "corresponding to the style of work." Prints include portraits, show cards, architectural and machinery drawings, bonds and coupons, address cards, and maps "engraved on stone or transferred from copper plates, etc." Also contains N.B. announcing "Engineers wishing to make their own drawings on transfer paper and Merchants and others their Circulars and price currents will be supplied at the office with ink and paper suitable for the purpose. Particular attention is invited to this mode of printing which is not as yet generally known and which will enable anyone to write or draw for the lithographic Press thereby saving the expense of engraving & producing a perfect facsimile of their own work." The Duval firm operated from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 16, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 D 956a, Variant proof held in HSP Tradecard Collection - D.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 61 D 956a verso
- Title
- Interior view of George G. Evans' original gift book establishment. 439 Chesnut [sic] Str. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement depicting a view looking toward the rear of the busy store. Shows bookcases filled with texts mounted atop cabinets and drawers lining the walls. Stacks of books and eight busts of prominent literary figures, including Shakespeare, adorn the tops of the cases. A clerk works from within and patrons surround a U-shaped central book display that contains a "Gifts" case. Patrons include men, women, and children. The individuals receive assistance at the case, peruse books on the shelves, carry their purchases, converse, and make payment at the cashier booth. The booth, enclosed with ornate white iron work, contains advertising text that reads "A Gift with Each Book Sold at Retail Price." Store signage is also displayed on three banners stretching across the ceiling. Additional advertising text includes "Gift Book Sales Originated by G.G. Evans' 1854." View also shows a ladder leaning against a bookcase, chandeliers, and a parquet floor., Title from duplicate in private collection., Not in Wainwright., Inscription on recto: Nov. 18th 1864 from Horace [W.?] Smith., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 385, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 641 E 15, E. Sachse & Co. operated from the Sun Iron Building in 1859., Smith, a Philadelphia antiquarian and collector, was well connected to the literary and book collecting societies of Philadelphia and New York. He was the great grandson of William Smith, D.D., the first Provost of the College of Philadelphia, i.e., University of Pennsylvania., Trimmed.
- Creator
- Sachse, E. (Edward), artist
- Date
- [1859]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 641 E 15
- Title
- Neall, Matthews Y Moore, maquinistas y fundidores, de hierro en Bush Hill, esquina de las galles de Fairview y la septima de Schuylkill, Filadelfia = Neall, Matthews & Moore, iron founders and machinists, Bush Hill Iron Works, (formerly occupied by Rush & Muhlenberg,) corner of Fairview & Schuylkill Seventh St., Philadelphia = Neall, Matthews Y More, fondeurs en fer et machinistes, forges et fonderie de Bush Hill, (autrefois occupée par Rush & Muhlenberg,) au coin des rues Fairview et Schuylkill Septme., à Philadelphie
- Description
- Advertisement in Spanish, English, and French for the Bush Hill Iron Works originally established by Oliver Evans in 1809 and operated by Neall, Matthews & Moore 1846-1854. Shows the bustling complex of several buildings and grounds littered with cylinders, tubes, castings and a pile of coal around which several laborers toil. The workers transport machinery by horse-drawn cart, hoist cylinders onto a dray, hammer castings, push handcarts, fuel the furnace, and labor in the workshops. Also shows a man entering the "Neall & Matthews" office. Image surrounded by decorative border. Contains several lines of advertising text below the titles promoting the products of the works, including cylinders, steam engines, boilers, mills, pans, hammers, anvils, and castings; the efficiency of two Air-Furnaces to fill roll orders "without delay"; and "all orders for machinery or castings thankfully received and promptly executed." James Neal retired in 1854 and Matthew and Moore carried on the business until 1870 when James Moore assumed sole proprietorship. The iron works constructed machinery for some of the leading rolling mills of the United States during the 19th century., Inscribed on recto: Compliments of William Volmer 3/20/[18]99., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 500, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 35 N 348
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1853]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 35 N 348
- Title
- T. Sinclair & Co. lithographers Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographic firm containing an ornate stone monument adorned with allegorical figures, and historical and work scenes. The central scene in the recess of the monument shows the anecdotal story of the "The Discovery of Lithography 1796 by Aloys [sic] Senefelder." Depicts Senefelder in his study, absent of paper, writing a laundry list with a grease pencil on lime stone to record his mother's laundry list as she stands behind him with her laundry basket. Books lay on the floor and on a bookshelf on the wall above rulers and a level. The allegorical figures of Commerce and Art stand near columns on each side of the arched recess. Above the arch sits the figure of Lithography. She holds an ink roller and a lithographic stone. A cherub draws on the stone opposite another cherub with a portfolio. Scene, on the pedestal of the monument, show a lithographic artist drawing on a stone and a lithographic printer rolling ink on a stone at his press. The monument also contains sculpture, gargoyles, ornamental bas-reliefs, and pendants. Flowering vines surround the edges of the monument. The firm operated under the name T. Sinclair & Co. ca. 1854-ca. 1859., Inscribed on verso: Presented by Esther [Sersel?] Aug. 23, 1957., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 92, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 S 616
- Creator
- Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 S 616
- Title
- S. Griffiths, manufacturer of wrought iron tubes and fittings for gas, steam and water. Works in Vine st: betw: Schuylkill 2d and 3d Streets. A constant supply at warerooms no. 15 Nth. Del. 7th St, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the "Spring Garden Tube Works" on Vine Street above Twentieth Street. Signage reading "S. Griffith's Manufacturer of Wrought Iron, Welded Tubes, For Gas, Steam, Water" adorns a doorway that is flanked by spiral tubings. Employees work in the windows of the two-story factory, exit the doorways with tubes, and load horse-drawn carts parked in front of the building. Also shows a side-alley on which a horse-drawn cart loaded with coal is guided to the furnace at the rear of the works. Griffiths was listed at a Vine Street address from 1845 to 1854 and circa 1860-circa 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 669, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 35 G 855
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1845]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 35 G 855
- Title
- Harrison's Handkerchief Extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th Street Philadelphia
- Description
- Beautiful, elaborate advertisement for the Philadelphia perfumer and ink manufacturer showing a ballroom scene set within a monument designed as a stage surrounded by floral ornaments. Shows couples attired in evening wear introducing themselves, conversing, and dancing in the ballroom. Two women hold fans. Chandelier lampposts and red drapery frame the scene. Two archways showing vistas to outdoor sceneries of trees and urns of greenery flank the monument. Loose, bundled, and cornucopias of flowers, encase the monument. Also contains two poles entwined with banners on the outer sides. Banners are inscribed with the names of scented flowers, including camellia, lilac, magnolia, tea rose, sweet clover, patchouli, and musk. Harrison began operating his perfumery circa 1853 and by the late 1850s employed over 80 employees, including 25 traveling agents., Copyrighted by A. W. Harrison., Not in Wainwright., Printed above title: Upper Ten., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 107, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 641 H 245
- Creator
- Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
- Date
- c1854
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 641 H 245
- Title
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [membership certificate]
- Description
- Membership certificate for members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows containing a decorative border of Gothic elements and emblems, vignettes, and scenes representing the degrees, tenants, and activities of the benevolent organization. Scenes show odd fellows assisting the indisposed and enfeebled, tutoring children, and assisting in a burial. Vignettes depict emblems of the five degrees that include the fache, globe, a bee hive, coats of arms, columns, Bible, Moses's rod, the dove, the brazen serpent, skull and cross bones, the moon, the sun, a cornucopia and scale. Also contains the female allegorical figures "Friendship, Love, and Truth" with a small child; the all Seeing Eye below the motto "In God We Trust"; and the seal of the Odd Fellows. Seal includes the motto "Relieve the Distressed, Bury the Dead and Educate the Orphan. We Command You to Visit the Sick." and is bordered by cherub figures., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Thomas Butler, Decatur Lodge No. 33 on June 1, 1859. Signed Wm M. Main, N[oble] G[rand] and Sam E. Crap Sect., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 116, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Independent
- Date
- [c1857]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Independent
- Title
- Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. [life membership certificate]
- Description
- Membership certificate containing a border of vignettes and scenes related to agriculture, horticulture, and industrial arts. Floral pictorial elements, a beehive, and watering can surround the scenes and vignettes. Shows farmers loading hay on a wagon; the coat of arms of Pennsylvania; a Victorian-style farm house; cows and horses at pasture; and figures representing agriculture, a blacksmith, and a sailor. The female agricultural figure sits and holds a sickle and a bale of wheat near an arrangement of farm produce. The artisan, holds a hammer, and stands over an anvil. The sailor, holds a spy glass, and sits next to a crate, barrels, and an anchor. Land and marinescapes are visible behind the figures. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts." The first annual exhibition of the society was held the same year., Not in Wainwright., Issued to C. F. Peters, ca. 1863. Signed A. B[rower] Longaker, Secretary and Thomas B. Knox, President., Seal of the society blindstamped on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 169, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Pennsylvania State Life Membership, Inscribed on verso: Estate of Anna M. Peters Sept. 8, 1938., Knox served as president of the PSAS 1862-1864.
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Pennsylvania State Life Membership
- Title
- Roussel's premium perfumery Manufactured by X. Bazin, successor to E. Roussel. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement containing advertising text surrounded by an ornate flowery border. Border includes garlands of flowers in which classical female figures, an eagle, and wingless cherubs are intertwined. The female figures are partially clad in Roman garb and one represents a messenger through the embellishments of wings and a trumpet. The cherubs hold tubes of cream and ribbons adorned with the medallions of the "seven silver and two gold medals awarded by the institutes of Philadelphia New York and Boston." The eagle holds a medallion in his beak. Also contains four images of medals in the corners. Bazin served as the lab director for perfumer Eugene Roussel from circa 1840 to circa 1849 when he assumed proprietorship of the business. Bazin continued to use Roussel's name until circa 1853. The Bazin family owned the business until 1884., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 197, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 D 956, Trimmed.
- Creator
- Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 61 D 956
- Title
- Scott Legion of the City of Philadelphia [certificate]
- Description
- Certificate containing vignettes and a scene related to General Winfield Scott and the Mexican American War (1846-1848). Vignettes show a portrait of the older Scott, attired in his uniform, bordered by the American and Pennsylvania flags, the American eagle, and medals. Below, on each side of the portrait, two young members of the Scott Legion, in uniform, stand, with rifles, on pedestals inscribed with the names of Scott's victorious battles during the war. Scene depicts soldiers in battle and charging a fort on a hillside in the presence of the "Scott Legion" monument (located in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.). The monument, visible behind a decorative wrought iron fence, contains an eagle and the seal of Pennsylvania, and was erected in honor of legion members who had died since the war with Mexico. Also includes greenery native to Mexico, including plam trees and cactus. The Scott Legion, a social organization formed in 1850 in Pennsylvania, was comprised of a membership of Mexican War veterans who received an honorable discharge., Not in Wainwright, Issued for honorary membership on Novr. 21st, 1865 to Alexander Henry, Mayor of the city of Philadelphia. John Motz, secretary. Chas. A. Jones, president., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 684, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 524 P 641, Pilliner operated from Seventh and Chestnut streets in 1859., Inscribed on verso: Bayard Henry Feb. 20, 1913.
- Creator
- Pilliner, Frederick J.
- Date
- [ca. 1859]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 524 P 641
- Title
- Mount Joy Car Manufacturing Co Manufacturers of steam_engines, rail_road_cars, thrashing_machines, castings and machinery in general. Located in the borough of Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Description
- Advertisement showing the busy factory complex of several red brick buildings, including one with signage reading "Mount Joy Car Manufactory." Laborers load wagons with machinery parts; haul crates by hand, cart, and truck; unload coal; and move wood slabs. At the opposite corner to the factory, near a fenced lot, a woman with her excited son, watch the two agitated horses of a buggy passing them near a couple and a man on horseback in the street. Also shows a train traveling behind the factory in the background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 489, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 M 928, Mifflin Fund. February 5, 1958.
- Creator
- Stauffer, Jacob, b. 1808, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 M 928
- Title
- Richard Norris & Son builders Philadelphia Express passenger locomotive
- Description
- Shows the colorfully-painted steam locomotive adorned with the maker plate "Richard Norris & Son 1856" that was built for the railway to Sagua La Grande, Cuba. An engineer with mustache and wide-brimmed hat operates the train engine traveling tracks running through tropical scenery. Locomotive also contains a full-length portrait of a woman on the lantern attached to the smokestack. Richard Norris assumed operations of the Norris Locomotive Works from his father, William, circa 1841., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 195, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6741 N 861b, Brett operated from 6th & Minor streets in 1858.
- Creator
- Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6741 N 861b
- Title
- The Delaware County Society, for the Promotion of Agriculture, Horticulture, Manufactures, and the Mechanic and Household Arts
- Description
- Fair certificate containing vignettes and scenes related to farming, industry, and domestic work. Predominately contains farm images that show farmers reaping, plowing, and threshing fields, transporting a truck of hay near the coastline, scraping feathers from a goose on a table as a locomotive travels past in the distant background, and a woman milking a cow in the field. Industrial images include women working at sewing machines and operating mechanical looms; a printer at a press; a mill; and a hull of a ship under construction. Vignettes also show farm animals and produce; bakeware, cookware, and other implements to prepare food; and the figure of William Penn., Not in Wainwright., Issued September 1857 to J[ohn?] Davidson for H[orse?] General Scott 2 years old. James Andrews, President. Abram P. Morgan, Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 49, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 65 D 343, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Societies - Certificates
- Date
- [ca. 1857]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 65 D 343
- Title
- Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R. R. Car Manufactory, 21st. & Hamilton streets Philadelphia Manufactory of every description of rail road passenger and freight cars of any design or dimension required
- Description
- Advertisement showing a City Passenger R.R. car and Pacific Railroad car built by the firm. The ornately painted street car is depicted with a galloping horse team, driver, passengers, and conductor. The No. 85 coach produced for the Pacific Railroad of Missouri was introduced circa 1852. Richard Kimball and Lorenzo D. Gorton partnered 1851-1861., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 423, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6742 K 49, Boell operated his studio from 311 Walnut Street 1860-1866.
- Creator
- Boell, William
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6742 K 49
- Title
- P. S. Duval & Son lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St., ab. Chestnut Philada All works appertaining to the various branches of lithographic drawing, engraving, and transferring, printing, plain and in colors, are executed in this establishment in the best style of the art
- Description
- Proof of advertisement containing an allegorical scene surrounded by a floral border. Scene shows a child asleep in her bed labeled "The Dream of Heaven" as angels, including one holding a book of "wisdom" and a basket of fruits hovers near her on a cluster of clouds. The Duval firm operated from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on verso: Printed at the Franklin Institute Exhibition Nov. 2 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 72, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - D, HSP variant: Ba 61 D 956a.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [1858]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - D
- Title
- East Pennsylvania Agricultural & Mechanical Society
- Description
- Fair certificate containing an ornate border with vignettes, female allegorical figures, and pictorial elements related to agriculture and horticulture. Vignettes show the Pennsylvania coat of arms (surrounded by flags) and montages of scenes of life on a farm. Farm scenes include a farmhouse; barns; a woman milking a cow; a farmhand settling a horse; piglets suckling on their mother; sheep being corralled; a field being cleared; and farmhands loading a wagon full of hay. Allegorical figures hold a sickle, cornucopia of flowers, a basket of fruit, and the head of a ram that lays near other farm animals. Border also includes cherubs, garlands of vines and flowers, fruit bushes, and displays of farm produce. Two bales of wheat clustered with doves, a bee hive, and gardening tools form another pictorial element. The East Pennsylvania Agricultural & Mechanical Society was established in 1860 in Norristown following a split from the Montgomery County Agricultural Society. The society held its first fair in 1861., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Charles P. Peters in 1867 for King of peaches being the best variety on exhibition. Signed Joshua Ashbury, President and A.S. Hallman for Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 62, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - East Pennsylvania
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - East Pennsylvania
- Title
- Second Reformed Dutch Church [commemorative print]
- Description
- Commemorative print containing a pasted lithograph of an exterior view of the Presbyterian church with colonnade portico (811 N. 7th Street). Lithograph partially printed over and surrounded by an ornate chromolithgraphed decorative border and pasted letterpress cutouts. Shows pedestrian traffic in front of the church built 1853-1854 under the supervision of the building committee of Rev. Dr. J. F. Berg, George Hawes, D. W. C. Moore, and Charles Collins Jr. Pedestrians include a man carrying a bundle on his shoulder and a boy playing with a hoop. Congregation organized in 1852 from members withdrawn from the First German Reformed Church. Chromolithographed border comprised of a wreath of different flowers and cutouts with gold printed letterpress text describing, and listing prominent figures in, the history of the church., Text cut-outs surrounded by chromolithographed bead-like strands. Information includes the date of the organization (March 29, 1852), laying of the corner stone April 21, 1853), opening of basement, lecture, and Sabbath School rooms (October 25, 1852), and dedication of the church (March 5, 1864); names of the first pastor (Joseph F. Berg, D.D.), organist (Charles Collins Jr.), board president (Albert Rorer), secretary (D. W. C. Moore), sexton (J. Collom), superintendent of Sabbath Schools (Charles Santee), and treasurer (John Ross); the list of officers (i.e., elders, deacons, trustees) in 1853 and 1857; "Contents of the Corner Stone, Deposited April 21, 1853, including a constitution of the church and newspaper accounts of the laying of the cornerstone; "Ceremonies at Laying the Corner Stone April 21, 1853"; the names of the builders, carpenters J. & G. A. Binder, and bricklayers William Chapman & Son; the names of the building committee; and the price of the lot purchased from Joseph J. Sharpless, the cost of the building, and the acknowledgement that the "Church made free of debt by subscription, January, 1857.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 688, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 138 R 332
- Creator
- Sherwin, John H., b. 1834, artist
- Date
- March 1857
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 138 R 332