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Title: An accurate sketch from nature, of the exterior and interior of the house no. 39, Nth. Fourth St. Philadelphia, where the atrocious murder of Mrs. Rademacher was committed on the night of the 23d, March 1848, her wounds, and exact position when discovered
Description: Sensational print containing two views of the murder scene of Catherine Rademacher, sister-in-law of lithographer Augustus Kollner. Her husband, Charles L. Rademacher kept a bookstore and medicinal shop on the first floor of the Fourth Street address, and his residence with the Kollner family on the second and third floors. On March 23, 1848, the Rademachers were awakened by an intruder searching their bedroom who beat Rademacher unconscious and slain his wife. A broken knife, resembling a shoemaker's tool, but not the only instrument used in the slaying, was found at the scene. A recently released inmate from Eastern State Penintentiary and German shoemaker, Charles Langfeldt was convicted, and executed on October 20, 1848 for the crime despite his declaration of innocence. Upper view shows the murderer, dressed in black, including a top hat, on the rear shed roof of the red brick residence and store. He approaches an upper floor window with a shutter half open. The lower windows of the building are shuttered and a partial view of a leafless vine climbing an arbor (neighbor's yard) is visible in the left of the image. Lower view shows the bedroom and scene of the crime. The murdered woman, attired in a night dress, lies on the floor, face up, with blood surrounding her upper body. The victim has cut marks on her face, chest, and arm., Her husband lies face down on the bed. His head is positioned near the foot of the mattress. Blood stains his shoulder and the pillows at the head of the bed. Blood splatter is also visible on the wall above and the knob of a door near a dresser in the left corner of the room. Other furniture includes a chair on one side and a night table with wash bowl and pitcher on the other side of the bed. Near another door to the room, the leg of the murderer is visible as he flees through a window adorned with drapery., Manuscript note on recto: Langfelt, pdcc00017, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 9, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 19:11
Date: [1848]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 19:11

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.4, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.4 [P.9823]

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen, Phila.
Description: Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally published as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist., creator
Date: [1848].
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W014-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W14 [P.9823]

Title: The Artillery Corps of Philadelphia Greys, (Company D), Comd. by Capt. Geo. Cadwalader, First Regiment of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, P. M
Description: Scene showing Captain George Cadwalader commanding a drill of the mounted artillery troop of the Pennsylvania Militia on a large field near Powelton in West Philadelphia. Shows, in the foreground, Cadwalader, seated on his stead, and signaling a change of formation with his raised saber. Two officers, one blowing a bugle, trot behind him between two lines of men mounted on horses, seated in horse-drawn carriages, or pulling canons by horse-team. Other men on mounts, in carriages, and pulling cannons have broken from the old formation and fan out alongside the lines. The militia men wear blue uniforms comprised of trousers, jackets with epaulets, and tall shakos with plumes. In the background, clusters of trees and a residence with fenced property are visible. Samuel Powel (1818-1885) for whose family the neighborhood depicted was named, was a member of the Philadelphia Greys., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Date from untrimmed duplicate., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 27, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb529 H711., Gift of Martin Snyder., Trimmed., Hoffy was the predominate artist of the plates used to illustrate the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," published 1839-1842 by Duval and Huddy.
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: [c1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W367 [P.9504.6]

Title: Be kind to the needy
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a young girl leading a blind woman across a foot bridge over a creek. The woman wears a bonnet and shawl and carries a basket. In the background, a building resembling a mill is visible and ducks wade in the water., Not in Wainwright., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Leading the blind" moralizing that choosing kindness and self-sacrifice for the sake of helping others is imitating Jesus Christ, who "was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we, through poverty, might be rich. We imitate him when we deny ourselves, that we may do good to others.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 13, Gift of David Doret., Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Morality [P.2007.28.18]

Title: Broad Street Independant [sic] Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows a partial view of an adjacent building and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians include a couple with a child and two men greeting one another. Also contains amateur ink-drawn and hand-colored modifications. Retouches show fire hoses in front of the buildings leading to firefighters using a hand-pumper to fight a blaze in the background. Some pedestrian figures also altered with firefigher hats and capes. The church, altered in 1853 to include a front portico, housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Inscribed on recto: S.A. Jackson; see p. 81., Title annotated with a slash through the "a" in "Independant.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 64, Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 4, page 85. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape.
Creator: Town, E.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches and meetinghouses [(4)2526.F.85]

Title: Chapel of the Lebanon Cemetery
Description: View of the chapel with steeple at the African American rural cemetery founded in 1849 at Passyunk Road near 18th and Wolf streets in South Philadelphia. Also shows monuments in the cemetery and visitors, including a family. Cemetery protected by a stone wall with iron fencing, including an iron gate. Cemetery was condemned in 1899 and closed in 1903, with the bodies removed to Eden Cemetery., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 103, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 63 L 441, Repair upper left edge.
Creator: Dubois, George, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 63 L 441

Title: Charles Oakford's 1848 & 49 fashions for hats, caps & furs, wholesale & retail establishment, no. 104 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for the hat manufacturer containing a full-length portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and fur accessories surrounded by 11 bust portraits showing men, women and children in a variety of hats. Most of the women's and girl's hats contains ribbons, bows, and feathers. Oakford established his business in 1827 and located to 104 Chestnut in 1843 where he began his wholesale trade in 1850. He operated from the address until 1852., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 26
Creator: Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.8729.19]

Title: Charles Oakford's hat & cap store, wholesale & retail, No. 104, Chesnut [sic] Street, Philadelphia Officers of the army & navy supplied with dress & undress caps of the latest regulations. Gentleman's fashionable hat & dress caps, also gentlemens', youths & childrens' dress & fancy caps with a large assortment of fancy travelling hats. Plain hats for Friends wear. This branch of the manufacturer is conducted by an old and experienced workman
Description: Advertisement containing a view of the exterior of the hat store (300 block Chestnut Street) surrounded by a decorative border comprised of hats and vignettes. Shows the proprietor of the business standing behind the double-sided glass door of his establishment. Displays of hats adorn the showcase windows of the store. Also shows a ribbon hanging from above the entrance, a shadowy figure of a patron, and a basement cellar door. Border includes military hats, boys caps, a Friend's hat, and beaver hat. Vignettes show a military officer on horseback and an outdoor scene with beavers at a tree. Oakford established his business in 1827 and located to 104 Chestnut in 1843 where he began his wholesale trade in 1850. He operated from the address until 1852., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 108, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W57 [P.2039]

Title: Charles Oakford's hat & cap store, wholesale & retail, No. 104, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Jas. Queen, delt.
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 artist., creator
Date: ca. 1843.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W057.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W57 [P.2039]

Title: Christ Church Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic., Originally published as plate 17 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 120.3, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: (4)1322.F.62b in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Reassigned McAllister accession number., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: 1848, c1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W64.3 [(4)1322.F.62e]

Title: Christ Church Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J. T. Bowen.
Description: Originally published as plate 17 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: (4)1322.F.62b in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Reassigned McAllister accession number., Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist., creator
Date: 1848, c1840.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W064-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W64.3 [(4)1322.F.62e]

Title: Costume des Quakers Bibliothéque de Philadelphie
Description: Plate showing a Quaker man outside and a Quaker woman and man within a fence in front of the subscription library, Library Company of Philadelphia, at 5th and Library streets. The men wear broad rimmed hats, long coats, and pantaloons. The woman wears a plain dress, shawl, and bonnet. She holds a basket. The Library Company, established by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, occupied the hall built in 1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton until 1880. The building was razed in 1887., Published in Édouard de Montulé's Voyage en Amérique, en Italie, en Sicile et en Egypte, pendant les années 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819 (Paris, Delaunay [etc.], 1821)., Printed in the upper right corner: Pl. 6., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 166
Date: [1821]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Libraries - Library Company [P.8476]

Title: The cruel boys What shows a worse disposition than to abuse a poor dumb creature. It is the beginning of a course, that leads to robbery and murder
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing three boys mistreating a horse on a dirt path. One boy, attired in a jacket and pants rides the crouching, saddleless horse, raised stick in hand, as the other two boys, stand on either side of the animal, raised sticks in hand. One boy, in the right foreground, wears no shoes. Bushes, weeds, rocks, and a small body of water line the dirt path. A house with a smoking chimney is visible in the right background., Not in Wainwright., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Kindness to Animals" moralizing that it is wrong to abuse "poor dumb beasts whom God has put in their power.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 293, Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [P.2017.28]

Title: The cruel boys robbing the bird of her little ones Harken! my boys. Would a mother like to have a cruel robber come and take her little ones out of the cradle, or the crib while she has gone out to get bread for them? Answer this question before you touch these helpless birds
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing two boys climbing a large tree to rob a bird's nest of young birds or eggs., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "The young robbers" moralizing that it is wrong to take advantage of and compromise God's weaker, helpless creatures., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 46, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.3]

Title: Custom House. Late U. S. Bank
Description: View looking east showing the Custom House, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image. Building served as the Custom House 1844-1935., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 776.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2227 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W415.4 [P.2227]

Title: Custom House. Late U. S. Bank [graphic] / [J. C. Wild].
Description: Location: Chestnut Street between Fourth and Fifth Sts., Originally published as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2227 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 lithographer., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W415-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W415.4 [P.2227]

Title: Dancing for eels at Catharine [sic] Market N.Y A scene from "New York as it is" as played by Chanfrau and Winans, at the Chatham Theatre N.Y
Description: Print after the theatrical advertisement published by Eliphalet Brown, Jr. and James Brown depicting the most popular scene from the mid-19th century play about the lives of the New York city lower classes. Shows an African American boy, attired in torn and worn clothes, street dancing while surrounded by a crowd of spectators. Spectators include an African American man, boy, and woman marketer with a basket; Mose, the central character of a fireman b'hoy, and a white man fish monger, attired in torn and worn clothes. Also shows a white woman vendor near a broadside titled "Mose" to the right of the image and the slip in the background. From the 18th century, Long Island enslave people would cross the East River to sell produce or to street dance to earn money, fish, or eels at the Catherine Slip Market. The performances transformed into impromptu dance contests paid for by market customers., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by J. Baillie in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Southn Dist of N.Y., Created postfreeze., Purchase 2005., 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.
Creator: Baillie, James S., active 1838-1855
Date: 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Entertainment [P.2005.10]

Title: The dishonest boy To take and keep what we know belongs to another without their consent is to steal. The lady dropped her handkerchief and an honest boy would have picked it up, not to keep it, but to return it to the owner
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a young boy standing on a street corner near the storefront of a tailor. He hides a hankerchief behind his back. Behind the boy, the woman who dropped the hankerchief searches the ground for the item with help from a young girl. Two girls stand opposite the young thief and point their fingers in an accusatory manner., Not in Wainwright., Imprint unsigned., Date assigned by cataloger., Issued as plate in Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Honest boys make honest men" moralizing that obedience is learned at a young age, and that "wicked men" begin their lying and thievery in boyhood, "led astray by falling into the company of young thieves"., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 57, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Unsigned.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.6]

Title: The Eastern Penitentiary
Description: Exterior view from the south east showing the front facade, including the entrance gate, of the prison built 1823-1836 after the designs of John Haviland at 2101-2199 Fairmount Avenue. In the foreground, two children watch a man, seated across from a small farm located in front of the prison, sketch. Cows graze in the pasture., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 6 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 201.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2206 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W373.4 [P.2206]

Title: The Eastern Penitentiary. [graphic] / Lithy. of J.T. Bowen.
Description: Originally published as plate 6 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2206 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W373-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W373.4 [P.2206]

Title: Fairmount
Description: Landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Also shows visitors strolling the landscaped grounds of the works; scullers on the river; residences, including probably Lemon Hill, along the bucolic banks of the Schuylkill River; the Schuylkill Canal lock; and the river dam., Originally published as plate 1 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 225.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2087 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd862 W6441 pl.1., Trimmed.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W120.4 [P.2087]

Title: Fairmount [graphic] / Lith of J.T. Bowen.
Description: Originally published as plate 1 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2087 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd862 W6441 pl.1.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W120-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W120.4 [P.2087]

Title: [Fashion print showing a couple attired in Quaker costume]
Description: Fashion print showing a young couple in plain dress on promenade. The man wears a broad-rimmed hat, white cravat, and suit. The woman wears a poke bonnet and a plain dress with a large white collar and puff sleeves. Each holds or wears gloves., Date from manuscript note on recto: Costume 1844., Philadelphia on Stone
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Fashion [P.2005]

Title: Fashions by S.A. & A.F. Ward, spring & summer 1850, no. 62 Walnut St. Philad
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 15 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and an outdoor setting. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as tree branches and tools of the design trade, including rulers, scissors and protractors. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. At the center of the panel, two men stand showing their backs as they peer at the countryside from the curtained window. They are flanked by two groups conversing in the parlor. On the left side, a woman attired in a bonnet, long pleated shirtwaist, and white gloves stands in the middle of two men attired in long jackets, vests, and neck ties. The men on the right side wear the same style, while the woman wears a dress with a low cut neckline, gloves, and a small hat. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Furniture in the parlor includes a high back chair, wing chair and an ottoman. Lower panel shows a beach scene and a hunting scene. Dividing the two are a man and a woman mounted on horses. The woman sits sidesaddle in a long skirt, shirtwaist, and hat. Her male companion, and the men gathered in front of their horses, are attired in vests, jackets, cravats and top hats. A casually-dressed, barefoot man, wearing loose trousers and an unbuttoned white shirt, observes the scene from a distance. On the opposite side of the horses, two men gather their prey from a recent hunting expedition. One man stands with a rifle in his right hand and points at the dead hare and fowl at his feet as another man, more casually dressed, puts the kill in a sack. A dog is curled up, asleep at their feet., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 69, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3070]
Date: [1850]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3070]

Title: Fashions, fall & winter, 1850-1, by S.A. & A.F. Ward, No. 62 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 21 elegantly attired men, women, and children in outdoor settings. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as bare tree branches. Upper panel shows five men, three women, and two boys dressed in autumn clothing. All of the men wear jackets, vests, and cravats. Some wear, or hold, top hats, and one man sports a double-breasted coat. One woman is attired in a long-sleeve, high-collared dress, and wears a hat adorned with a feather. She is about to clasp the hand of a boy standing with her, who is dressed similarly to the men in the image, with a long waisted jacket and pants. The woman in the center is attired in pearls, bangles, and an elaborate, shoulder-bearing dress with a flounced skirt. The woman to her right shows only her profile, and is covered in a bonnet and ruffled shawl over her skirt. Another boy, dressed in a cropped jacket, pants, and a cap, stands nearby. Lower panel shows a winter snow scene in the country. Ten men and one boy stand conversing in their layered winter clothing, which includes jackets, capes, coats, vests, cravats, pants, boots and hats. Some wear gloves and hold canes. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Snow, bare trees, fences, and a country house are visible in the background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 71, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3074]
Date: 1850
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3074]

Title: Fashions for fall and winter 1848-9 by S.A. & A.F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 20 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows six men and two women conversing in a parlor decorated with fine furniture and carpet. All of the men wear long jackets, vests, pants, and cravats. Some hold top hats and canes and wear gloves. An older gentleman is seated in a wing back chair with a paper in his left hand. Attired in high collared, long-sleeve dresses, one of the women holds a hankerchief and the other wears a top hat with a veil. Lower panel shows a fall scene of eight men and four boys standing and conversing in a field near a body of water. They are dressed in layers of clothing, including coats, capes, vests, cravats, striped pants, plaid plants, boots, top hats, and gloves. Two men hold canes and another a rifle. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. The boys, similarly dressed in long jackets, pants, boots, and caps, hold canes and a hoop. Buildings, possibly country homes, are visible in the background., Not in Wainwright., Illegible signature in lower right corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 74, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3073]
Date: 1848
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3073]

Title: First grand complimentary Citizens's Dress Ball To be given to Mr. John Bell, on Easter Monday night, April 5th, 1847, at the Bazaar Saloon of the Phila'a Museum. [invitation]
Description: Invitation containing a decorative top border of delicately illustrated elements. Includes ornamental cornices, rosebuds, twigs, and two birds. Text of invitation reads: Mr.__________ compliments to M.___________ desiring the pleasure of her Company at the above ball. Also contains the names of the manager, floor manager, and assistant floor managers., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 81, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 64 K 512
Date: [1847]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 64 K 512

Title: Friends' boarding school, West-town, PA
Description: Exterior view after an 1840 painting by John Rubens Smith showing the main building and gardens with arbor. A dirt path with rail fence surrounds the property. In the foreground, two men lean on the fence and converse and a women with a basket strolls. In the background, men appoach a horse-drawn wagon partially obscured by a stone outbuilding. Two men work in the garden and a figure is visible in the doorway of the building. Westtown was established in 1794 by the Society of Friends' as a boarding school for girls and boys., Sinclair was located at 79 S. 3rd Street 1840-1850., Reproduction entitled "Westtown School, 1840" published in Watson W. and Sarah B. Dewees' History of Westtown Boarding School, 1799-1899 (Philadelphia: Press of Sherman & Co., 1899) opposite pg. 109., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 86, Westtown School Archives holds multiple copies.
Creator: French, John Taylor, 1822-1852, artist
Date: [ca. 1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Education [7710.F]

Title: The Girard College
Description: Exterior view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revial 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., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally issued as plate 5 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 304.4, Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W379 [P.2211]

Title: The Girard College [graphic] / Lith of J.T. Bowen, Ph[iladelphi]a.
Description: Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally issued as plate 5 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Exterior view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revial 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.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W379-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W379 [P.2211]

Title: The great conflagration in Philadelphia on Tuesday July 9th 1850 Terrific explosion of saltpetre [sic] in Water Street. Houses destroyed by the fire 500 _ Killed 57_Wounded 115_ Loss of property over one million of dollars
Description: Disaster scene showing the commotion in front of the partially destroyed stores of John Brock & Co., and Gordon and Berger at 39 (i.e., 100 block) North Water Street. People hold a crowd back as fire fighters attend to the collapsing building spewing a cloud of smoke. A family, including a mother and child, flee past fire fighters rushing to a fallen comrade as debris falls down upon them. Also shows a man kneeling near the Vine Street Wharf as another stands in the center of the view with his arms up in the air. The explosion emanated from a fire started by the friction of a hoisting-machine igniting a large store of gunpowder and saltpeter in the Brock, and Gordon and Berger building. The blaze that spread about one square mile between Front and Callowhill streets destroyed actually about 367 houses and stores. Several people were blown into the Delaware River and residents evacuated as a result of the explosion., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 329, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 83 P 544, Rosenberg, a landscape, portrait, and figures painter, worked in New York and Philadelphia during the 1850s and 1860s.
Creator: Rosenberg, Charles G., artist
Date: c1850
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 83 P 544

Title: Grigg Block, North Fourth Street, Philadelphia
Description: View of the active business block containing and named after Grigg, Elliot, & Co., the largest and most prosperous publishing firm in the city that was founded by John Grigg in 1823 and purchased by J. B. Lippincott in 1849. Shows the block of buildings (10-20 North Fourth Street) covered in signage and including Barcroft, Beaver & Co., dry good dealers and S. M. Day, wholesale combs, brush and fancy goods trimmings (10); Goff & Peterson, importers and manufacturers of saddlery, carriage, and harness trimmings (12); Grigg, Elliot & Co. (14); C. H. & Geo. Abbott, dealers and importers of hardware and cutlery and C. Ahrenfeldt & Co., importers of toys & fancy goods (16); C. B. Lassell & Co., hats and caps and Charles Wingate, dealer in shoes, boots, and palm leaf hats (18); and Edwin & John Tams, importers and dealers of china, earthenware, and glass (20). Patrons exit and enter the various storefronts; delivery men, including an African American man, haul, load, and remove goods from horse-drawn and push carts; laborers load goods into shop storage cellars and use a pulley to raise a large cask; store clerks inspect and open newly arrived packages on the sidewalk; a horse-drawn dust settling machine passes in the street; and artisans and merchandise are visible in several of the shops' upper floor windows. Partial views of the adjacent buildings and a nearby alley with a laborer and push cart are also visible., Title from item., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1848., Contains advertisements for six of the depicted businesses below the image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 331, Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until around 1872.
Creator: Rease, W. H., lithographer
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W 162 [P.2077]

Title: Grigg Block, North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] / W.H. Rease, No. 17 1/2 South Fifth Street.
Description: Contains advertisements for six of the depicted businesses below the image., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1848., View of the active business block containing and named after Grigg, Elliot, & Co., the largest and most prosperous publishing firm in the city that was founded by John Grigg in 1823 and purchased by J. B. Lippincott in 1849. Shows the block of buildings (10-20 North Fourth Street) covered in signage and including Barcroft, Beaver & Co., dry good dealers and S. M. Day, wholesale combs, brush and fancy goods trimmings (10); Goff & Peterson, importers and manufacturers of saddlery, carriage, and harness trimmings (12); Grigg, Elliot & Co. (14); C. H. & Geo. Abbott, dealers and importers of hardware and cutlery and C. Ahrenfeldt & Co., importers of toys & fancy goods (16); C. B. Lassell & Co., hats and caps and Charles Wingate, dealer in shoes, boots, and palm leaf hats (18); and Edwin & John Tams, importers and dealers of china, earthernware, and glass (20). Patrons exit and enter the various storefronts; delivery men, including an African American man, haul, load, and remove goods from horse-drawn and push carts; laborers load goods into shop storage cellars and use a pulley to raise a large cask; store clerks inspect and open newly arrived packages on the sidewalk; a horse-drawn dust settling machine passes in the street; and artisans and merchandise are visible in several of the shops' upper floor windows. Partial views of the adjacent buildings and a nearby alley with a laborer and push cart are also visible.
Creator: Rease, W. H., lithographer., creator
Date: [[1848]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W162.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W 162 [P.2077]

Title: Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia East window of Chapel
Description: Depicts the pointed arched east window, with Gothic tracery, in the funerary chapel at Laurel Hill Cemetery. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Added title page in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 335, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR327.
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.title page], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.title page]

Title: Hand in Hand Fire Company, first grand citizens dress ball
Description: Invitation containing vignette scenes and pictorial and ornate border details. Vignettes scenes depict the figure of liberty with the American eagle and shield; a sailor and farmer in conversation, and couples dancing in a ballroom. Details include a hand pump fire engine; clasped hands; and filigree. Hand-in-Hand Fire Company, one of the city’s first volunteer fire companies, was organized on March 1, 1741 or 1742., Date from Poulson inscription., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., POSP 280
Date: 1847
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol.5 [(5)2526.F.8]

Title: The happy family The happy family are on their way to the place of public worship. It is Sunday morning, and with neat attire and cheerful hearts, they go up to the courts of the Lord
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a man, his wife and their four children (two girls, a boy, and an infant in a sling at the mother's breast) dressed handsomely in their best Sunday clothes. The boy holds a book, presumably the Bible, under his right arm, and leads the group away from their home toward church, the spire of which is seen in the distance (left)., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "The light of the week" moralizing that the Sabbath is "like the light which his eye catches with joy" to the "weary traveller" moving through the week "with all its worldly cares and troubles"., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 105, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.1]

Title: The industrious man It is Saturday night. The industrious man returns home from his labour in peace-He is welcome to an humble home-Pleasant smiles and happy voices greet him. Let him fear and serve God will bless him and his household for ever
Description: Shows a man returning to his quaint home and family convened around the dining table after a day of work. He enters the door with a lunch pail in his hand and greets his son who runs to him. In front of the table, laid out with a pot of tea, an older daughter uses a plate of water to bathe her younger sister who has been stripped to her waist. At the end of the table, the mother holds a baby at her bosom. Nearby, the family cat sits in front of the stove slightly visible in the right of the image., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00026, Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Manuscript note on verso: James L. & Isaac W. Morris from Aunt Sarah [Pitrom’s?] Christmas 1849, Accompanied by text titled "Welcome Home" moralizing that a happy home stems from a strong work ethic by the "honest laborer" who is one of the "noblest of men.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 117, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - American Sunday School Union
Creator: Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist
Date: [ca. 1849]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - American Sunday School Union

Title: Industry & sloth What a sight! The sluggard stretched out in his bed with the bright light shining upon him and his mother and sister at work as busy as bees. Let him lose his breakfast two or three times and he will learn better ways
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a mother scolding her young boy, and making him stay in bed past breakfast for his laziness. The boy's belongings are scattered on the floor near his bed. Also in the room is a young girl who sweeps the floor near the fireplace., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "The sluggard!" moralizing against keeping late hours for "vain or sinful amusement, the hours that ought to be given to sleep" since healthy children need to use their "rested minds and bodies in useful ways"., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 118, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.5]

Title: Lady Suffolk and Lady Moscow. Hunting Park Course Phila. June 13th 1850 Purse $250 mile heats best 3 in 5 to skeleton wagons. Lady Suffolk, 2.1.1.1 Lady Moscow 1..2.2.2. Time 2:31_2:33_2:39_2:33
Description: Racing print showing the grey mare Lady Suffolk leading Lady Moscow in the harness race on the track at Nicetown Lane and Old York Road in North Philadelphia. Suffolk draws a red sulky and Moscow draws a blue sulky. Hillside and trees are visible in the background. The Hunting Park Association which sponsored races for the encouragement of the breeding of fine horses was established in 1828. Hunting Park was established in 1808 and the land sold in 1854 for use as a public park., Names of the horses printed below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 426, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 07 H 817a, LCP exhibit catalog: Made in America, entry #67Made in America
Date: c1850
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 07 H 817a

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2090 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Cemeteries, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR299, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W216.3 [P.2090]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. [graphic] / [J. C. Wild].
Description: Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2090 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W216-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W216.3 [P.2090]

Title: The life & age of man. Stages of man's life from the cradle to the grave
Description: Allegorical print containing a portrayal of a male figure aging from a baby to an older man on a pedestal of life. Includes rhymed couplets describing each age below the image corresponding to animal vignettes adorning the pedestal styled as up and down steps. Shows the figure, in the far left, as an infant as a "lamb like innocent" in the lap of his mother, her long dark hair loose down her back, and attired in a red dress; at the age of 10 with dark hair and attired in a blue pant suit and cap and holding a stick and hoop as he "goat like skips and joys"; at the age of 20 attired in a black top hat, black waistcoat, and blue striped pants when "love doth swell his veins and heifer like untamed remains"; at the age of 30 attired in a military uniform "with bull like strength he smites his foes"; at the age of 40 attired in a military uniform holding a sword and flag and "naught his courage quails but lion like by force prevails"; at the age of 50 with greying hair, attired in a black suit and top hat, and his "strength fails but with wit fox like he helps to manage it"; at the age of 60 with long white hair, attired in a black suit and top hat, and holding out a cane while "wolf like he tries his wealth to raise"; at the age of 70 with rounded shoulders and attired in a black long coat and top hat and cane in hand, "he'll hear and tell but dog like loves at home to dwell"; at the age of 80 slightly hunched and reaching out as "a cat keeps house and loves the fire" he has the same desire; at the age of 90, in the far right, severely hunched over and reliant on a cane that he must suffer everywhere as "weak asses backs were made to bare"; and at the age of 100, attired in a white night gown, seated in a chaise lounge, and tended by a young woman, attired in a red dress and holding a cup as "the sick of life the grave he fears.", Image also includes a tree in full leaf (left), a dead withered tree (right), and a vignette scene set in a tree-lined pasture behind a stone wall entitled "Resist the Devil and he will flee from you!" Scene shows bare-chested male figure attired in a loincloth and with their left hand up and right arm out between a couple, in the right, and a table of men drinking, in the left. A cross is seen in the distance behind the couple., Title from item., Date inferred from dates publisher Nathaniel Currier operated as sole proprietor of his firm., Printed on recto: 87., Currier operated as a sole proprietor at 152 Nassau Street from 1838 to 1857 before partnering with Frederick Ives.
Creator: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Allegories [P.2004.14.1]

Title: The life & age of man. Stages of man's life from the cradle to the grave
Description: Allegorical print containing a portrayal of a male figure aging from a baby to an older man on a pedestal of life. Includes rhymed couplets describing each age below the image corresponding to animal vignettes adorning the pedestal styled as up and down steps. Shows the figure, in the far left, as an infant as a "lamb like innocent" in the lap of his mother, her long dark hair loose down her back, and attired in a red dress; at the age of 10 with dark hair and attired in a blue pant suit and cap and holding a stick and hoop as he "goat like skips and joys"; at the age of 20 attired in a black top hat, black waistcoat, and blue striped pants when "love doth swell his veins and heifer like untamed remains"; at the age of 30 attired in a military uniform "with bull like strength he smites his foes"; at the age of 40 attired in a military uniform holding a sword and flag and "naught his courage quails but lion like by force prevails"; at the age of 50 with greying hair, attired in a black suit and top hat, and his "strength fails but with wit fox like he helps to manage it"; at the age of 60 with long white hair, attired in a black suit and top hat, and holding out a cane while "wolf like he tries his wealth to raise"; at the age of 70 with rounded shoulders and attired in a black long coat and top hat and cane in hand, "he'll hear and tell but dog like loves at home to dwell"; at the age of 80 slightly hunched and reaching out as "a cat keeps house and loves the fire" he has the same desire; at the age of 90, in the far right, severely hunched over and reliant on a cane that he must suffer everywhere as "weak asses backs were made to bare"; and at the age of 100, attired in a white night gown, seated in a chaise lounge, and tended by a young woman, attired in a red dress and holding a cup as "the sick of life the grave he fears.", Image also includes a tree in full leaf (left), a dead withered tree (right), and a vignette scene set in a tree-lined pasture behind a stone wall entitled "Resist the Devil and he will flee from you!" Scene shows bare-chested male figure attired in a loincloth and with their left hand up and right arm out between a couple, in the right, and a table of men drinking, in the left. A cross is seen in the distance behind the couple., Title from item., Date inferred from dates publisher Nathaniel Currier operated as sole proprietor of his firm., Printed on recto: 87., Currier operated as a sole proprietor at 152 Nassau Street from 1838 to 1857 before partnering with Frederick Ives.
Creator: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Allegories [P.2004.14.1]

Title: The little pilferers When we are sent on an errand for any thing that is good to eat or drink we may be tempted. But we must resist the temptation for in God's sight it is stealing
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing two girls standing on the sidewalk in front of the shop window of a bakery. One holds a basket of bread under her right arm, as the other girl steals a sip from a drink., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Avoid the beginning of evil" moralizing that "there is no such thing as a little sin" since small lies engrain a "habit of falsehood and dishonesty" making children "a little bolder at every step.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 136, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.4]

Title: Making sport of the blind boy To make sport of the sufferings of others is cruel and wicked. It is God who makes us differ from the blind, the dumb or the lame, and he will punish us, if we are unkind to them
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing three boys taunting a blind boy by hiding his hat from him. One boy stands behind the blind boy and grasps his shoulders, while the other stands in front of him and holds the blind boy's hat. The third boy stands in the background with his arms up ready to receive the hat., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Who makes us to differ" moralizing that it is cruel "to sport with the calamities of others" and we should be thankful for God's gifts., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 141, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., LCP copy 7822.F.2 lacking printer's imprint.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7511.F], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.2]

Title: Manayunk near Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka’s cotton mills erected 1831 and 1835 near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854., Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 18 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 455.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2094 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.3 [P.2094]

Title: Manayunk near Philadelphia. [graphic] / [J. C. Wild].
Description: Originally published as plate 18 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2094 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
Date: c1840,1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W226-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W226.3 [P.2094]

Title: Market Street, from Front St
Description: View of the active business-lined street containing the "New Jersey" Market terminus, named after its central location to the ferries of New Jersey, the city's main provider of farm produce. Several marketers and pedestrians, including African Americans, stroll the streets, sidewalks, and under the market shed designed with cupola and clock. Peddlers sell their goods from carts on Front Street. Built in 1822, the market operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859., Title from item., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Issued as plate 14 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 457.3, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Market - 2nd (3 copies; 2 hand-colored), Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and his Philadelphia views," Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W227.3 [P.2099]

Title: Market Street, from Front St. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
Description: Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Issued as plate 14 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53., Select link below for a digital image., View of the active business-lined street containing the "New Jersey" Market terminus, named after its central location to the ferries of New Jersey, the city's main provider of farm produce. Several marketers and pedestrians, including African Americans, stroll the streets, sidewalks, and under the market shed designed with cupola and clock. Peddlers sell their goods from carts on Front Street. Built in 1822, the market operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, lithographer., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W227-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W227 [P.2099]

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