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Title: Old Black Joe. Dan Bryant Songs & chorus written & composed by Stephen G. Foster
Description: Sheet music cover containing a genre scene showing minstrel performer Dan Bryant in the character of "Old Black Joe." "Joe," attired in worn and torn clothing, sits on a chair with a book in his lap and with one foot propped on a stool next to a white girl, wearing a ribbon in her hair and attired in a short-sleeved dress with ruffles. The girl sits on her knees and holds an edge of the book as she reads. Also includes a chest of drawers, jugs, and a pitcher. Scene based on a Napoleon Sarony photograph of Bryant in the character of Uncle Tom. Photograph in the Harvard Theatre Collection, The Houghton Library, Harvard College, Boston, MA., Blackface minstrelsy is a popular entertainment form, originating in the United States in the mid-19th century and remaining in American life through the 20th century. The form is based around stereotypical and racist portrayals of African Americans, including mocking dialect, parodic lyrics, and the application of Black face paint; all designed to portray African Americans as othered subjects of humor and disrespect. Blackface was a dominant form for theatrical and musical performances for decades, both on stage and in private homes., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entry according to act of Congress in the year 1860 by Firth, Pond & Co. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern Dist. of New York., Printed above the image: Ten Thousand Copies Sold., Names of nine additional publishers printed on the recto. Includes Chicago, Root & Sons; San Francisco, M. Gray; St. Paul, J.A. Weide; Pittsburg, H. Kleber & Bro.; Milwaukee, H. N. Hempsted; Savannah, Ludden & Bates; San Jose, A. Waldteufel; Houston, E. H. Cushing; New Haven, Skinner & Sperry., Manuscript note on recto: 4th Edition., Manuscript note on verso: First Ed. (same year) by Firth, Pond & Co., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner, 1984., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Description of Blackface minstrelsy and minstrel characters from Dorothy Berry, Descriptive Equity and Clarity around Blackface Minstrelsy in H(arvard) T(heater) C(ollection) Collections, 2021.
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC- Entertainment [9156.F]

Title: Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view print after B. F. Smith's 1850 lithograph "Philadelphia. From Girard College." View looking south from above Girard College (2000-2490 North College Avenue) showing the city to South Philadelphia. Includes Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings; Eastern State Penitentiary; Schuylkill River; and a church near the college grounds. Also shows spectators on the roof of Founder's Hall. The college buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans., Not in Wainwright., See LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #69., Gift of David Doret., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views - Philadelphia from Girard College. FLP also holds copy "Exec by G.G. Lange Darmstadt.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 568
Creator: Charles Magnus & Co.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - Philadelphia [P.2005.21.2]

Title: [Philadelphia. From Girard College]
Description: Bird's eye view print after B. F. Smith's 1850 lithograph "Philadelphia. From Girard College." View looking south from above Girard College (2000-2490 North College Avenue) showing the city to South Philadelphia. Includes Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings; Eastern State Penitentiary; Schuylkill River; and a church near the college grounds. Also shows spectators on the roof of Founder's Hall. The college buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans., Title supplied by cataloger., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 584, See LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #69., Gift of David Doret., Possibly printed by Charles Magnus.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - Philadelphia [P.2283.12]

Title: Alfred Jenks & Son's machine works, Bridesburg
Description: Advertisement showing the busy industrial complex established circa 1819 by Alfred Jenks and enlarged in 1853 on the east side of Richmond Street between Franklin & Locust streets in Bridesburg. A horse-drawn flatbed truck enters the courtyard of the U-shaped complex containing several buildings that are surrounded by wood fencing. Within the yard, clusters of workers transport boxes and planks of wood by hand near an unhitched wagon surrounded by crates. A carriage with driver waits near a smaller building, landscaped with trees and attached to one of the large workshops. Outside the complex, a driver handles a four-horse team plodding to pull a truck loaded with two large machines as other factory workers transport planks, carry crates, mill about with their tools, drive a dray, and stand at a shed facing the street. Also shows two gentlemen talking to a worker in the middle of the roadway, a worker carrying a box near abandoned carts in an adjacent courtyard, and several working smokestacks on the roofs of the works., Illustration in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its Manufactures (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 333 Walnut Street, 1858), opposite page 301., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 13.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1858 Fre 67170.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Atwater Kent Museum: 40.79.3/2
Date: 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W33.2 [Am 1858 Fre 67170.D.301a]

Title: Elevation plan of Granite St. buildings and those connecting with Walnut, Dock and Front Streets
Description: Depicts three rows of elevations showing the basic architectural stylings of the twenty-three distinct Granite Street properties constructed by John Rice for Jesse Godley between 1849 and 1853. The first two rows show the front elevations of the north and south sides of Granite Street extending from Front to Dock Streets (100-127 Granite Street). The third row shows the east and west side elevations of Granite Street, including the underground storage vaults below the street and the front elevations of properties facing Front, Dock and Walnut Streets (200 block of South Front Street; 137-143 Dock Street; 100 block of Walnut Street). The plans include pre-consolidation property numbers; notes about properties that extend, and are accessible, from both Granite Street and Front, Walnut and Dock Streets; and pedestrian traffic, including laborers rolling barrels on the sidewalk, horse-drawn carts, and men and women walking on the sidewalks. Godley financed the "Granite Street Improvements" in anticipation of an increase in trade that the Central Railroad would bring to the area. Builders include John Rice, stone masons Lukens & Hutchinson, brick workers George R. Creely, and granite workers S.K. Hoxie, John C. Leiper, and William Keys. The innovative granite-covered storage vaults, twenty-four feet wide by three-hundred twenty-five feet long, were built under the street with a brick-arch arcade and for the joint use of tenants. The properties and vault were demolished in 1960., Scale: 1/8 of an inch to the foot., Accompanied by the "Ground plan of Granite St. buildings, with the vault underneath the street" [P.8970.20]., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 204, Construction described in North American, December 12, 1850., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***W108 [P.2065]

Title: The state penitentiary, for the eastern district of Pennsylvania This institution known as "Cherry Hill State Prison" at Philadelphia, is the model prison of "The Pennsylvania System of Prison Discipline" or "Separate System" as it is called to distinguish it from "The Congregate." Each convict occupies a single cell or workshop, and is thus separated from all other convicts. The building was begun in 1822. The walls, 30 ft. high, 12 ft. thick at base, 2 ft. 9 in: at top, enclose a square plot of ten acres. There are 7 corridors of cells, capable of receiving 500 convicts. The average number confined annually is less than 300. Some cells are 11ft. 9 in. by 7 ft. 6 in. with yards attached, 15 ft. by 8 ft. Others are double this size, all lighted and warmed and ventilated.-Gas is introduced into the corridors. Heat by hot water thro' pipes. Water in each cell and other conveniences. The above is a bird's eye view of the buildings_ grounds and environs
Description: Bird's eye view of the prison built 1823-1836 after the designs of John Haviland at 2101-2199 Fairmount Avenue. Shows the prison designed with radial corridors, courtyards, and a Gothic-style entranceway and outer wall. A horse-drawn wagon is visible within, and another, probably a paddy wagon, arrives in front of the prison complex. Men on horseback, possibly guards, accompany the arriving wagon and a few pedestrians walk nearby in the street and on the sidewalk. Cityscape, including Girard College, is visible in the background. View also includes clusters of trees surrounding the prison and as part of the outer lying landscape., Copyrighted by Richard Vaux. Vaux served as President of the Board of Inspectors and authored Brief sketch of the origin and history of the State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1872)., Poulson inscription on recto: April 1856., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 750, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 19:17, Samuel Cowperthwaite, a member of the Society of Friends and umbrella maker by trader, was convicted of manslaughter in Philadelphia on May 27, 1848. Pardoned on August 7, 1849, he was sent to Eastern State again for murder on December 3, 1852. He served nearly eight years and was released on November 3, 1860. Cowperthaite was a weaver in prison. He was described by the prison chaplain as part of the "wowdy clubs of Skinners," with a the prevailing vice of intemperance and with a predominant passion for destructiveness. See N. K. Teeters & John D. Shearer, "The Prison at Philadelphia: Cherry Hill" (N.Y.: Columbia University Press for Temple University Publications, 1957).
Creator: Cowperthwaite, Samuel, artist
Date: c1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W401 [P.2216]

Title: Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for fall 1852, published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 211 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Fashion print containing twenty-one full-length models in two rows primarily displaying a variety of men's suits and coats. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior showing patterned wallpaper and carpeting as well as a chair and fainting couch. Includes one female figure and a boy with a small lap dog on a leash. The bottom row features male figures dressed in outdoor clothing including 1852 presidential candidates Franklin Pierce and Winfield Scott posed in front of the White House. Many models feature boldly patterned trousers and top hats., Possibly drawn on stone by James Queen., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 161
Creator: P.S. Duval & Co., lithographer
Date: c1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.2002.61.2]

Title: Philadelphia, Paris & New-York, fashions for fall & winter 1858-9. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Fashion print containing twenty-two full-length models in two rows primarily displaying a variety of men's suits and coats. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior showing patterned carpeting and drapes as well as a mirror and a tall case clock. Includes two female figures in the center of the row. Bottom row features male figures dressed in outdoor clothing including Liet. Washington L. Mahan in military uniform and Maj. T.E. Tiden posed against a bleak winter landscape., LCP copy uncolored., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 183
Creator: P.S. Duval & Son, lithographer
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [7753.F]

Title: Chestnut Street Schottisch
Description: Sheet music cover containing a street scene showing "Wm. D. Rogers' Carriage Repository" and the "Young Mens Christian Association Rooms" at 1009-1011 Chestnut. At the lower level of the three-story building, patrons review wagons on display in the Roger's shown room, enter the building, and look at a display window lined with prints and containing a guitar. Several individuals walk and greet each other on the sidewalk. In the street, a "Chestnut Street" omnibus and horse-drawn carriage travel near a man on horseback and traversing couples. Couples include a woman snickering beside her female cohort and a man pointing something out to his lady companion. Also shows the adjacent residence and walled courtyard of trees. Rogers, who established his business in 1846, opened his Chestnut Street repository in 1857., Copyrighted by James W. Roddon., Price printed on recto: 3 1/2., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 114, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Atwater Kent Museum: 44.86.56 cover and 46.24.1 with music., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 10th-11th. Trimmed sheet music cover illustration only., Gift of Isadore Lichstein.
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W59 [P.9001]

Title: Chestnut Street, east of Third
Description: Reproduction of lithographic view showing the 200 block of Chestnut Street with pre-consolidation addressed buildings. Businesses include Lewis Brothers & Co., importers of silk goods, Senat, Perot & Co., importers, Cottringer, Boyd & Gibbons, importers, and Lawrence Stone & Co. (80-82, i.e., 238-240); the Jayne Building (built 1849-1850) tenanted by Wesendock & Co. importers of silks & cloths, Dr. D. Jayne & Son, patent medicine, and Ellwood Shannon, tea dealer (84-86, i.e., 242-244); Oberteuffer & Freytag, importers, and Samuel Robinson, importers of Irish linens (88, i.e., 246); N. Thouron & Sons, importers of French goods, and Harden’s [sic] Express, probably A. Howard & Co. express (92, i.e., 248); and the U.S. Life Insurance Annuity & Trust Saving Fund building tenanted by Draper, Welsh & Co. Bank Note Engraving (94, i.e., 250). Includes heavy street and pedestrian traffic. Horse-drawn carriages, wagons, an omnibus, and drays travel in the street in addition to a dray situated to be loaded in front of the Jayne Building. Clusters of pedestrians walk near the Jayne and the Saving Fund buildings. In the foreground, on the opposite side of the street, families stroll, converse, and are greeted by other individuals near men, including laborers, talking near a pile of crates and a loaded dray. Also shows lettering reading "Howard" above the doorway of 92 Chestnut Street and a partial view of adjacent buildings., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00010, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 113, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street 2nd-3rd
Creator: Collins & Autenrieth, artist
Date: c1857
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street - 2nd-3rd

Title: [Shankland's American fashions]
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 27 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows an outdoor setting near a hitching post with eight men, four boys, and a woman. Most of the men wear long coats, top hats, and bow ties. Two men wear hunting outfits accessorized with hunting caps and rifles and one man wears a riding outfit. The boys, three playing with hoops, wear jackets and pants, caps, and hats. One wears long hair. The woman wears a two-piece riding outfit as well as a brimmed hat. Lower panel shows the parlor scene with eight men, four boys, a woman, and a girl. Most of the men, except one in a bed coat and cap, wear suits, with vests and bow ties. A number of them hold top hats. The boys wear suits, jackets and pants, as well as bow ties. The girl wears a Highlands-style dress and jacket and presents a flower to the woman, seated and attired in an evening dress with lace overlay on the bodice, a low neckline, and short sleeves. She also wears a ribbon through her hair. One of the boys and two of the gentlemen hover near her. Furnishings include framed pictures, carpeting, a large bookcase, and a stand draped with a cloth on which the man in bed attire leans. A few of the boy's and men's pants contain plaid patterns and most are tapered. All of the men wear facial hair, including mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Key numbered 1-13 and 14-27 printed below the panels., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 211, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1507e (E size) Fashions 1849
Date: c1849
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1507e (E size) Fashions 1849

Title: Beauties of social harmony for two or more voices
Description: Sheet music cover containing an exterior view showing the Gothic-style hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Also shows pedestrians looking into the storefront windows on the lower level and gentlemen entering the main entryway. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Not in Wainwright., Printed on recto: AE 81., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 34, Library of Congress: PR 13 CN 2001: 068
Date: Aug. 17 1856
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PR 13 CN 2001: 068

Title: Specimens lithography , engraving and printing establishment of Augustus Kollner, designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix block, corner of Second & Dock streets, Philadelphia
Description: Catalog containing specimens, including one plate of vignettes and one plate of banknotes. Vignettes depict "Wingohocking Mills, Frankford, Pa."; "Crane Iron Company"; and the landscape view "Broad Top." Banknotes include vignettes showing the entire complex and a specific building at "R. Garsed & Bro. Wingohocking Mills"; a locomotive; and a sailing ship. Banknote plate also includes a sample of lettering reading "Kensington Bank." Catalog also contains a double-sided page of variant specimen lettering presented as text advertising Kollner to "Druggists, Chemists, Manufacturers and Publishers of Books, Periodicals, Maps, &c." Text promotes his samples of work including, "tasteful labels, showcards, ornamental borders title pages,and business & visiting cards, in handsome of lettering" in addition to his views for Goupil, Vibert & Co and "Large Map of of the City of New York now publishing" (i.e., Dripps map, 1851).Text also promotes transfers from steel and copper plates, and "indefinite number of copies can be struck off at short notice and at very moderate charges.", Not in Wainwright., Cover contains ornamental border., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 89, Library of Congress: NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Title, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Kensington Bank, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Wingohocking Mills, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Druggists Chemists

Title: Fashions for spring and summer 1854 by S. A. & A. F. Ward, no. 100 Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two paneled scenes of 16 elegantly attired men, women, and children in outdoor settings. Upper panel shows six men, two women, and two boys socializing on a verandah. The men and boys wear patterned, light, and dark pants and jackets, bow ties or a cravat, and wear and hold top hats and canes. The women wear plain and ruffled hoop skirts, with one also attired in a bonnet and holding a parasol. Lower panel shows five men and a woman standing near a river lined by a stone gate monument, farmhouse, and mansion house. Includes a woman in a riding habit (part of a couple) standing next to a horse across from a man in a coat and tails. Four of the men wear patterned pants, long coats, and hold or wear hats. One also wears a plaid vest. Many of the depicted men wear mustaches. Key numbered 1-10 and 11-16 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 77, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263c 1854
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263c 1854

Title: Fashions. Fall & winter. 1851-2. By S. A. Ward & A. F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut St. Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 21 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as tree branches rising from tree stumps on which axes lay. Upper panel shows the parlor scene with 7 men, 2 women, a boy and a girl socializing. Most of the men wear suits, including two attired in striped pants, and the host wears an evening suit with white bow tie and tails. Four of the men wear or hold a top hat and a couple, arriving from the door, is attired in a suit and riding habit. The other woman, the hostess, at the center of the scene, flanked by her children, wears an evening dress with plunging neckline. Her two sons are attired in a hat, cape, tunic, and stockings and in a cap, jacket, and striped pants. Furnishings include a large display mirror, sofas, and drapery. Lower panel shows 10 men in front of a militia campsite near the coastline. Most of the men wear striped or checkered pants and overcoats or capes. All of the men wear top hats or caps and four of the men wear militia uniforms. Background includes a cannon, tents, and sailing ships. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Key numbered 1-11 and 12-21 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 72, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263

Title: Fashions for fall and winter 1853-4 by S. A. & A. F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut St. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 19 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene with 7 men, 1 women, a boy and a girl socializing. To the left, two men attired in suits with striped pants, stand near a piano and cushioned chair. One holds a top hat and cane. In the center, a man wearing a patterned vest, and with a woman and a young girl in riding habits, stands near a cushioned arm chair. To the right, two men in suits with garishly printed pants, accessorized by top hats and canes stand. One talks to a man in an evening jacket with tails and a white tie. The man in evening attire leans again a table with his hand on the shoulder of a young boy attired in a long coat and pants who holds a ball in his hand. Lower panel shows 9 men and a woman in front of a riverbank and temple-style building in the background. Most of the men wear plaid and patterned pants, overcoats, cloaks, caps or top hats. One man holds an umbrella and a cigar. Also includes two men in hunting attire accompanied by a dog. The men carry gun powder pouches and one wears knee-high boots and the other holds a dead bird. The woman, in the center of the image, wears a riding habit and is seated side-saddle on a horse. Many of the depicted men have mustache, sideburns, or a beard. Key numbered 1-9 and 10-19 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 75, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263a
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263a

Title: Fashions for fall & winter 1856-7 by A. F. Ward no. 125 Chestnut Street Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 21 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene with 5 men, 2 women, 2 boys and a girl socializing. The men wear suits, with light colored pants, vests, and dark bow ties, and hold hats, canes, and an overcoat. One man wears a jacket with tails. The boys wear military inspired suits, a cape, and cap and hold an overcoat. The girl wears a jacket, skirt, a petticoat and a cap. The women wear dresses with hoop skirts that are adorned with lace and bowties. One also wears a bonnet and jacket and the other wears gloves and holds a handkerchief. Furnishings include a sofa, chair, side table, patterned carpeting, and a fireplace mantle adorned with candelabras. Lower panel shows 9 men, a woman, and a boy in front of a snow-covered riverbank and residence in the background. Most of the men wear overcoats, striped or patterned trousers, and carry canes. All of the men wear top hats and one wears a scarf wrapped around his neck. The boy wears a jacket, trousers, and cap and the woman (part of a couple) is attired in a riding habit. Most of the depicted men have a mustache, sideburns, or both. Key numbered 1-10 and 11-21 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 245, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263b
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263b

Title: An east prospect of the city of Philadelphia taken by George Heap from the Jersey shore, under the direction of Nicholas Scull surveyor general of the province of Pennsylvania
Description: Anniversary reproduction of the contracted Scull & Heap panoramic cityscape view originally published by London engraver Thomas Jeffreys in 1756 showing Philadelphia from across the Delaware River. Depicts the riverfront (South to Vine streets) developed with residential and mercantile buildings, piers and wharves, and major landmarks. Landmarks (numbered in the print) include Christ Church, the State House, Presbyterian Church, Dutch Calvinist Church, the Court House, Quaker Meeting House, High Street Wharf, Mulberry, Sassafrass, Vine and Chestnut streets, the drawbridge, and "cornmill" on Windmill Island. Pedestrian traffic is visible along the riverfront and heavy maritime traffic, including a ferry transporting cattle to New Jersey, dominates the foreground. Also contains insets of "The Battery" (built 1747 at the foot of Wharton Street), "The State House," and "A Plan of the City of Philadelphia" (street grid); "A description of the situation, harbour &c of the city and port of Philadelphia" with a legend corresponding to the numbered landmarks; and text and charts explicating "Philadelphia in 1854" that expand upon the original description. The descriptions detail the topography of the city and include statistics about population (1683-1850) and exports in addition to statements about the improvement of manufacturing and industry, particularly the railroads, in the city during the 19th century., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 198, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 864 H 4345, One of the three prints is varnished.
Creator: Sherwin, John H., b. 1834, artist
Date: [1854]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 864 H 4345

Title: Shankland's American Fashions for the Spring & Summer of 1853, 100 Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Three men in suits, two with top hats and one in a wide-brimmed hat converse near a framed painting. In the center, in front of a draped window, two young boys, one attired in a sack-style jacket, converse and stand near three men attired in suits, one with his back turned. Two of the men wear top hats. To the left, a heavy-set man in a top hat and suit converses with two other gentlemen, one leaning on a stand with a potted plant, in top hats and suits. Lower panel shows an outdoor setting at a lakeside with seven men, two boys, and a woman. Most of the men wear suits, including jackets with tails, top hats, and bow ties. One man wears a wide-brimmed hat. Another man wears a hunting outfit accessorized with a wide-brimmed hat, bag and rifle. The boys, wear suits, one also has a cap, and hold apples. The woman wears a two-piece riding outfit of a fitted jacket, full skirt, and wide-brimmed hat. Many of the men's pants contain patterns, with a number adorned with horizontal stripe designs below the knee and most wear facial hair of mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Other furnishings include carpeting. Figures numbered 1-11, upper panel and 12-24, lower panel., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 215, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1514e (E size) Fashions Spring Summer 1853, LOC copy uncolored.
Date: c1853
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1514e (E size) Fashions Spring Summer 1853

Title: Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions, for spring & summer 1855. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two paneled scenes of 22 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and two boys socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boys predominately wear suits, and the woman wears a ruffled layered dress with full skirt and as well as a bonnet. The other male figures wear a bed jacket and cap (man) and a dress with sash over bloomers (boy). A large vanity and two chairs furnish the room decorated with framed paintings, carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before an oceanside. Eight men, including "His Excellency A. Johnson" and "L. Hyneman Proprietor of Masonic Mirror," two boys, and a woman descend upon and stand on the stone pier. Six of the men wear suits, including overcoats. The two other men wear a riding outfit and a hunting outfit, including a rifle. The boys, one in pantaloons playing with a hoop and the other in pants, also were jackets. The woman wears a riding outfit. Most of the men are clean-shaven and all the men in the outdoor scene wear or hold hats., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 162, Library of Congress: LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Fashions Spring Summer 1855
Date: c1855
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Fashions Spring Summer 1855

Title: Shankland's American fashions for the spring & summer of 1852, 100 Chestnut St. Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Lower panel shows the parlor scene. Two men in suits, top hats in hand, and one with a cane converse near a mantle lined with books across from two other men, similarly attired, with one showing his back. In the center, two young boys, one attired in a suit and the other in formal knickers, converse and stand near two men attired in suits, one of an evening style. Both men hold top hats, and one showing his back holds a cane. To the left, a man in a bed coat, sits on a chair and reads to two young men attired in suits, as another man in a heavy jacket and cravat stands over his shoulder. Upper panel evokes an outdoor setting with eight men, three boys, and a woman. Most of the men, including a portly gentleman, wear long coats, top hats, cravats, and bow ties. One man wears a hunting outfit accessorized with a bag and rifle. The boys, all shown from the back, wear suits and the woman similarly posed, wears a riding outfit. Many of the men's pants contain striped or plaid patterns and most wear facial hair of mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Other furnishings include drapery, framed pictures, carpeting, and a mantel. Figures numbered 1-11, lower panel and 12-24, upper panel., Not in Wainwright., Artist's signature center left., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 214, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1852 (D size) [P&P]
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: c1852
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1852 (D size) [P&P]

Title: Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer 1854
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 20 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and a boy socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boy wear suits, many with paisley-patterned pants, and the woman wears a patterned dress with full skirt and tassels as well as a bonnet. A large mirror on a stand, several chairs, and chaise lounges furnish the room decorated with carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before "The New Masonic Temple, Chestnut St., Phila." Six men, including clothing store proprietor Francis Mahan, two girls , a boy, and a woman stand on the street block. Four of the men wear suits, including one with an overcoat. Another man, with a girl in a skirt and bloomers standing at his side, wears a hunting oufit and holds a rifle. The woman comprises part of a couple attired in riding outfits who are flanked by a boy dressed in a suit, a girl wearing a skirt and bloomers, and the man with the overcoat. Most of the men wear mutton chops, including three with mustaches., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 546, LOC copy uncolored., Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854
Date: c1854
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854

Title: West Philadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & farina works Corner of Chestnut & Bridgewater Sts
Description: Advertisement showing the bustling industrial starch and farina works at the corner of Chestnut and Bridgewater Streets (ie. Chestnut and Thirtieth Streets) looking northeast toward the Schuylkill River. Laborers direct horse-drawn drays and wagons to and from factory buildings and railroad cars. Scene includes a man on horseback riding toward the factory buildings, a laborer standing in the foreground near the tracks, smoke rising from several chimneys in the complex, the Market Street Bridge crossing the Schuylkill River in the distance, and the outline of Philadelphia Gas Works gasholders immediately east of the bridge., Published in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a handbook exhibiting the development, variety, and statistics of the manufacturing industry in Philadelphia in 1857 (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 333 Walnut Street, 1859 [c1858]), opposite page 460., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 826.2, Atwater Kent Museum: 88.98.74, Free Library of Philadelphia: 917.481 F87, Artist's study for print held in the collections of the Library of Congress. [DLC-PP-1997-105-Prints-StarchWorks]
Date: 1859
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 88.98.74

Title: Protest against the British government; [Portrait of a young woman]
Description: Political print designed by Joseph H. Brightly protesting the British government's policies toward Ireland containing a half-length portrait in left profile of Robert Emmett above text protesting for the equal rights of the Irish. Portrait surrounded by border captioned "Martyred Emmett. 'Let no man write my epitaph till Ireland is free.'" Text surrounded by a border shaped as a lyre and adorned with a heart marked "Liberty," vines of clover, and two bare-breasted angels holding scrolls. Scrolls inscribed with the names of eighteen Irish nationalists including John Mitchel; T.F. (Thomas Francis) Meagher; P. O'Donohue; and Rich. O'Gorman. Text references the infringement of franchise, a free press, and the separation of church and state; the American Revolution; the epitaph of Emmett; and the 'High court of Heaven.", Portrait showing a young woman holding a bouquet of roses. Roses adorn her hair., Two-sided lithograph containing a political print on recto and portrait on verso., One title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., First line of text: Time is the arbiter of all things; slow in its progress, but wonderful in its results., Gift of Davd Doret.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *political cartoons - [1858] Pro [P.2005.36.19a&b]

Title: The Oakland Female Institute. [diploma]
Description: Diploma depicting an exterior view of the institute building and grounds from the Delaware River. Students stroll on the lawn. A passenger train of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norrristown (later Philadelphia & Reading) Railroad passes in the foreground and a boat is moored on the riverbank. The institute was established in 1845. View depicts the enlarged building following a major renovation and enlargement 1852-1855., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Ella J. Snodgrass on August 7, 1868. Signed by J. Grier Ralston; Mary L. Ralston; Lizzie J. Greir; Amelia G. Halsey; Agnes C. Ralston; L.M. Schneidre; Thos. O'Neill; Sarah E. Broughton; Anna L. Ralston; and O.P. Spang., Contains a blue ribbon and the Oakland Female Institute's embossed seal., Frederick Bourquin and P.S. Duval partnered in the firm known as P. S. Duval & Co. from about 1852 through 1857., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 156, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia Certificates - Education - Oakland [P.2009.24.1]

Title: Confirmations-Schein Es wird hiermit bescheinigt, dass [blank] nachdem [blank] in den Grundlehren und Pflichten der christlichen Religion gehorig unterrichtet, durch die Confirmation in die volle Gemeinschafte der [blank] aufgenommen worden ist, den [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn Ein Tausend Acht Hundert und [blank]
Description: Confirmation certificate issued by the Reformed Church containing a scene of a confirmation class, and Biblical passages, a confirmation poem, and text in German. Scene depicts a pastor at the altar of a church attending to four men and a woman kneeling in prayer in front of him. Also shows curved stairways in the background and the baptismal font in the foreground. Bible passages include Isaiah 54:10, Matthew 11:28, Deuteronomy 29:9, Mark 8:34, and Rev. 2:10. Also contains an ornamental border., Johanna Dorothea Wollenweber is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1854 to 1857; M.H. Traubel is listed at this address from 1854 to 1856., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 22.7 x 17.6 cm.L, Not in: Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 42, Library Company copy completed in MS. for Amanda H. Beitenman, confirmed March 29, 1857 by Rev. A.L. Dechant, in Keeler's Church, Frederick, Montgomery County, Pa.
Date: [between 1854 and 1856?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1854 Confirm 14331.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Confirmations-Schein Es wird hiermit bescheinigt, dass [blank] nachdem [blank] in den Grundlehren und Pflichten der christlichen Religion gehorig unterrichtet, durch die Confirmation in die wolle Gemeinschaft der [blank] aufgenommen worden ist, den [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn Ein Tausend Acht hHundert und [blank]
Description: Confirmation certificate issued by the Reformed Church containing a scene of a confirmation class, Biblical passages, a confirmation poem, and text in German. Scene depicts a pastor at the altar of a church attending to four men and a woman kneeling in prayer in front of him. Also shows curved stairways in the background and the baptismal font in the foreground. Bible passages include Isaiah 54:10, Matthew 11:28, Deuteronomy 29:9, Mark 8:34, and Rev. 2:10. Also contains an ornamental border., Johanna Dorothea Wollenweber is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1858 to 1864; Schnabel & Finkeldey is listed from 1858 to 1863., Printed area, including ornament border, measures 22.6 x 17.6 cm., Not: in Wainwright., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Polly Rieth, confirmed May 6, 1858, by Rev. Augustus Bergner in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Upper Mahantango, Pa., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 43
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1858 Confirm 14332.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Wissahickon polka
Description: Composed by Frank Drayton., Printer: Lithograph by T. Sinclair, Philada., Prices printed on recto: Solo 2 1/2; Duett 2., Cover illustration is a lithograph, tinted with one stone showing a domestic scene with a cottage residence in Fairmount Park, set back from the bank of the creek. The father pulls a small fishing boat up to shore as his son runs to greet him. The boy leaves behind his mother who sits with his infant sibling in her lap under a tree., Polka., Dedication: To Miss Mary French., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 851, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1990, p. 47., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with edits.
Creator: Drayton, Frank, composer
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sheet Music Wissahickon P.9303.4

Title: [Proof of sheet music cover depicting a kangaroo]
Description: Shows kangaroo on a dirt path lined with bushes., Inscribed lower right corner: 155., Title supplied by cataloger., Knirsch worked in Philadelphia between 1858 and circa 1861., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.97]

Title: [Proof of sheet music cover depicting a kangaroo]
Description: Shows kangaroo on a dirt path lined with bushes., Inscribed lower right corner: 155., Title supplied by cataloger., Knirsch worked in Philadelphia between 1858 and circa 1861., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.97]

Title: Coming home
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a man, woman, and their three children holding baskets and belongings as they follow an African American porter who carries a trunk for them. Visible in the background is the large steamer the family disembarked at the wharf, probably at the Delaware River., Published as illustration on page 15 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "Coming home" moralizes that those who commit themselves to God will be kept from evil and "will arrive at last at a home of perfect joy and peace," since "Heaven is represented as the Christian's home"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 148, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.15, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.15

Title: The omnibus
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a man approaching the rear steps of a stalled omnibus in the cobblestone street. The driver grasps the reigns which are tethered to two horses in front, and looks behind him to watch, along with the passengers, as the man boards the carriage. In the foreground, a woman walks along the sidewalk with a small child, who points at the omnibus. Pedestrians and the building lining the street are visible in the background., Published as illustration on page 23 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "The omnibus" that describes this mode of transportation as "a place in which civil manners are always noticed and proved", bemoans the boys who steal rides, and warns of the severe punishment for such actions., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 528, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.23, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.23

Title: The express man
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a horse-drawn cart stalled in front of an express office on Walnut Street. The express man looks behind him at an office worker before dismounting to pick up parcels waiting for delivery. Packages, one labeled "St. Louis, Mo.," line the sidewalk in front of the office. Smoke rises from the chimney of a property facing the cross street, along which two pedestrians travel the sidewalk., Published as illustration on page 26 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "The express man" praising the "continuous line of communication established from one place to another on the principal thoroughfares of travel in our land, and indeed all around the globe" made possible by the public express, which has buildings in "principal cities" for its operations, and is staffed by "secure persons of sober, honest and faithful habits"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 216, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.26, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.26

Title: The sea and the ships
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a busy wharf, probably on the Delaware River, where laborers use pulleys and ramps to unload boxes, hogsheads, casks, and chests from a recently docked ship. A horse is attached to a pulley and is guided by a laborer to unload these items. Also shows three men weighing barrels on the ground and two men moving long poles or planks of wood under the gaze of a man with a shovel who leans against a post in the right foreground. Another vessel moves along the river in the background., Published as illustration on page 31 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "The sea and the ship" praising the vast and various business done by ships, and the skill and talent of the men involved, as these activities are made possible by "Him who formed all the Oceans"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 685, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.31, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.31

Title: A ride to the city
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a man (Farmer Jones) and his daughter riding along a country path in a carriage pulled by two horses. "The carriage, horses, harness and passengers are all near as a pin." A homestead is visible in the distance., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "A ride to the city" moralizing that money is one of "God's gifts" and should be used "in a way that will be pleasing to the Giver", rather than for ostentatious display., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 649, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.4, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.13
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.4

Title: The coal-cart
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a cart-man standing, with his arms crossed, in front of a horse-drawn cart in the cobblestone street. A basket hangs upside-down from the handle of a shovel in the cart. A small home is visible in the background., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The coal-cart" moralizing that the "driver of a coal-cart has his duties to perform, and they are not the less important in their place, than the duties of a judge or governor." Praises those who fear God and keep their commandments and are "not given to strong drink"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 144, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.12, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.5
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.12

Title: The oysterman
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing an an oysterman's horse and wagon on the side of a cobblestone street. The oysterman provides a gentleman with a sample of products from the rear of the wagon, while a young African American female waits with a basket nearby. They stand in front of a fenced-in city park area., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The oysterman" moralizing that prosperity comes from "the proper discharge of duty" and by being prompt and an honest businessman., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 535, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.17, Atwater Kent Museum: 54.76.63.1
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.17

Title: Idle talk
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing five laborers wearing porkpie hats listening to one man tell a story. They rest on or near a dray harnessed to a horse near the wharf and river., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "Idle talk" moralizing that idle talk is a sinful waste of time and profit, and ruins the good name of others., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 367, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.25, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.3
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.25

Title: The wood-cart
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing an African American man and three passengers traveling in a horse-drawn cart down a dirt path towards the lumber yard. A residence facing the road is visible in the background., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The wood-cart" moralizing, through the tale of the diligent wood-carter, that good habits in this lifetime offer peace and comfort, and prepare us "for the better life which is to come"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 865, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.30, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.3
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.30

Title: The draymen
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing two draymen recklessly racing their horse-drawn drays down a cobblestone city street. A dog runs beside them., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The draymen" complaining of the draymen that race through the streets and weary their horses and endanger the lives of men, women and children., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 190, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.41, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.1
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.41

Title: The farmer at the market
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a farmer selling his goods to a female shopper from his horse-drawn wagon on the city street. Poultry hangs from the cart, and other farm made goods are organized in crates. Two gentlemen stand on the sidewalk in the background (left)., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The farmer at the market" praising the life of the "honest thrifty farmer" who provides city residents with food from his harvest., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 244, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.54
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.54

Title: Parson Brownlow
Description: Collecting card containing a bust-length portrait of the Tennessee journalist, itinerant preacher, and politician. Shows Brownlow, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, looking at the viewer. Brownlow, although an advocate of slavery, actively opposed Southern secession and was subsequently exiled from the Confederacy during the Civil War., Title from item., Date based on card was probably issued as part of a series of cards depicting prominent men and Civil War generals published by Prang in 1860., Contains double-ruled border printed in green ink., Acquired 2012., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: L. Prang & Co.
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - B [P.2012.51.3]

Title: A new way of passing a bad Nebraska bill
Description: Antislavery cartoon criticizing the abuse of political power by President Franklin Pierce, his cabinet, and Stephen Douglas in their attempt to force the ratification of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854. Depicts antislavery Senator Thomas Hart Benton, holding the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which prohibited the extension of slavery into the Western Territories, arguing against slavery in Nebraska. Pierce, who holds the Nebraska Bill, threatens that any political opposition to the bill shall be severely punished. Douglas, with the President's cabinet, sits at a table behind Pierce and observes that acquiescence to "Southern Institutions" will get him the Presidency next term. Members of the cabinet comment upon Nebraska's suitability for slavery. A white man enslaver reviewing a paper labeled "Auction: sale of slaves" comments that if a man cannot make enough money by "selling young Niggers" than he must be greedy., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Sinclair was a Philadelphia lithographer who received awards from the Franklin Institute for his work.
Creator: Sinclair, Thomas S., approximately 1805-1881, lithographer
Date: [1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1854 - New [5760.F.86]

Title: Southern chivalry - argument versus club's
Description: Cartoon critically addressing the Brooks-Sumner Affair in which Southern Congressman Preston S. Brooks caned antislavery Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate on May 26, 1856. Brook's "chivalrous" attack on Sumner was a reprisal for Sumner's two-day speech, "The Crime against Kansas," which attacked the violence occurring in Kansas over the issue of slavery; the South; and Brook's uncle, Andrew Butler. Depicts Sumner, head bloodied, quill in his raised hand and clutching a paper symbolically inscribed "Kansas.," He is held to the ground by Butler whose face is obscured by his raised arm and hand that holds his cane above his head. Butler is posed in mid-strike. Members of Congress observe in the background, some laughing, some scowling, with one member raising his hands in surrender from another who has his fist and cane raised., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Magee was a Philadelphia lithographer who established his own lithographic firm in Philadelphia in 1850.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1856-3W [5760.F.105]

Title: A proslavery incantation scene or Shakespeare improved
Description: Antislavery print using an allegory of the cauldron scene from Macbeth to depict James Buchanan and the Democrats' contempt for the freesoilers following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Depicts Buchanan, Stephen Douglas, and several animated Democrats, speaking in Shakespearian rhyme, gathered around a boiling cauldron labeled, "Double double, Free State trouble, Till Fremont men are straw & stubble." In the foreground, a white man kneels and blows on the fire, with a pistol labeled "Laws of Kansas" in his back pocket. The fire is fueled with anti-slavery literature, including "Beecher Sermons," "N.Y. Tribune," "Quincy’s Letters," "N.Y. Post," and "Boston Atlas." Buchanan, standing on a platform, states he endorses the laws of Kansas now in force and holds a paper labeled "Ostend Conference," (an attempt by the United States to negate an agreement with France and Great Britain to not annex enslaved-holding Cuba), over the cauldron. Beside him Douglas, holding a whip and shackles, calls for the blood of freemen and revels in the woe caused by his Kansas-Nebraska bill. Shackles, including one marked “Chattel Stock,” also rest at his feet. Many of the Democrats gathered around the kettle are depicted as pro-slavery, white men Southerners and refer favorably to Preston Brook's caning of Charles Sumner while others call out items to be thrown into the pot, such as "fillet of a Free Soil Frog" and the "Ostend conference plot.", Title from item., Date of publication supplied by Weitenkampf., Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1856-5W [5760.F.91]

Title: Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856
Description: Cartoon ridiculing the antislavery convictions of John C. Frémont, the 1856 Republican presidential candidate and former explorer, and his abolitionist supporters during the Kansas-Nebraska crisis. Depicts Frémont's fictional expedition through the hills of "Kansas-Nebraska" atop New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley portrayed as the "Abolition Nag." Frémont states the road is hard astride the "Old Hack," but if he gets to the White House safely he will forgive his friends who put him there. Pulling Greeley by a rope is New York Republican William Seward who heads to the "Salt River" (i.e., political doom) in "Bleeding Kansas." Greeley admits to going the "same road as '52" but will follow Seward's lead. A gun-laden Henry Ward Beecher, the abolitionist minister, pledges to furnish rifles to antislavery Kansas settlers. A white frontiersman comments that the abolition horse's death is more beneficial to the Constitution than is an antislavery Republican president in the White House., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Probably drawn by John Cameron., Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1856-20 [5760.F.101]

Title: Slavery as it exists in America : Slavery as it exists in England
Description: Racist, anti-abolition print challenging Northern abolitionists' view of slavery by favorably contrasting the living conditions of enslaved African American people in America with that of British industrial workers. First image depicts enslaved men, women, and children playing music, singing, and dancing during a hoe-down while Southerners and Northerners observe and comment about how the false reports to the North about the hardships of slavery will now be rectified. Second image portrays a British cloth factory where several emaciated white factory workers, attired in torn and worn clothes, have gathered, including a woman and her children referring to themselves as slaves; two workers discussing running away to an easier life in the coal mines; and workers commenting on their premature aging. A rotund priest and tax collector observe. Soldiers march in the background. Below the image is a small portrait of the "English Anti-slavery Agitator" George Thompson., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by J. Haven in the clerk's office of the District Court of Mass., Manuscript note on verso: Deposited April 9, 1851, Recorded vol 26. pag, 145., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1967, p. 55., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1850-6 [P.9675]

Title: The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia Who escaped from Richmond Va. in a box 3 feet long 2 1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft. wide
Description: Antislavery print celebrating the moment freedom seeker Henry Box Brown emerged from his crate in Philadelphia. Brown, with the assistance of the Vigilance Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, escaped slavery by having himself shipped to Philadelphia where he emerged in the presence of abolitionists Professor Charles D. Cleveland, J. Miller M'Kim, William Still, and printer Lewis Thompson. Depicts Brown just emerging from his box with Still holding the crate's lid labeled, "Wm. Johnson, Arch St. Philadelphia, This side up with Care;" Cleveland with a saw in his right hand; M'Kim with a hatchet in one hand and using his other hand to help Still hold the lid; and Thompson pointing to Brown with his right hand as he holds in his free hand a walking stick., Title from item., Date inferred from variant described in Reilly and LCP copy described by Jeffrey Ruggles, The unboxing of Henry Box Brown (Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 2003), 114. Ruggles notes copies of the print had been received and advertised by the "Anti-Slavery Bugle" of Ohio before March 8, 1851., Variant reproduced in William Still, The underground railroad (1872) p.70. [LCP Am 1872 Still, 56405.O]., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1975, p. 59-60., Purchase 1975., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Call number in location based on Reilly entry., Kramer was a German born painter and lithographer who worked with the Rosenthals, a prominent Philadelphia family of lithographers, by 1850 and through the early 1850s.
Creator: Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist
Date: [ca. 1850 - ca. 1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1850-4R variant [8183.F]

Title: 'Conquering prejudice,' or 'fulfilling a constitutional duty with alacrity.'
Description: Antislavery print depicting the pursuit of a freedom seeker in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Shows a barefooted, enslaved African American woman, portrayed with exaggerated features, and attired in a head kerchief and a short-sleeved dress. She runs holding her child and screams for help, "My God! My child! Will no one help! Is there no mercy!" Chasing her are Daniel Webster admiring himself for performing a "disagreeable duty," a marshal holding a gun and handcuffs and exclaiming a sense of relief over Webster's interpretation of the Constitution, and two dogs. In the background is a church and courthouse., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1978, p. 54-5., Purchase 1978., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Kramer was a German born painter and lithographer who worked with the Rosenthals, a prominent Philadelphia family of lithographers from 1850 and through the early 1850s.
Creator: Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1851- Con [8433.F]

Title: Practical illustration of the fugitive slave law
Description: Antislavery print depicting a fight between Northern abolitionists and supporters of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. In the left, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and an African American man both raise guns to protect an enslaved African American woman who is attired in a head kerchief, earrings, a short-sleeved dress, and shoes. She raises both arms in the air and clutches a handkerchief in her right hand and exclaims “Oh Massa Garrison protect me!!!” Garrison wraps his right arm around her and says, “Don’t be alarmed, Susanna, you’re safe enough.” In the right, the white man mercenary, attired in a top hat with a star on it, who may represent the federal marshals or commissioners authorized by the act (and paid) to apprehend freedom seekers, carries a noose and shackles. He sits astride Secretary of State Daniel Webster, who is on his hands and knees clutching the Constitution and bemoaning, "This, though constitutional, is extremely disagreeable." Behind them a white man, possibly John C. Calhoun, declares "We will give these fellows a touch of Old South Carolina" and carries two volumes labeled "Law and Gospel." Another white man carries a quill and ledger and says "I goes in for Law & Order." In the background, a number of men on both sides fight. A white man lies on the ground on his back. An African American man grabs a white man enslaver by the head and holds a whip while saying “It’s my turn now Old Slave Driver.” A "Temple of Liberty" stands in the background with two flags flying which read, "A day, an hour, of virtuous Liberty is worth an age of Servitude," and "All men are created free and equal.", Title from item., Probable place and date of publication supplied by Reilly., Weitenkampf attributed this cartoon to the New York artist Edward Williams Clay, but Reilly refutes this attribution on the grounds that the draftsmanship, signature, and political opinions are atypical of Clay., Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [1850 or 1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1851-6 [5760.F.104]

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