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- Title
- Order of the United American Mechanics. Founded July 8th, 1845. Honesty, industry & sobriety. [membership certificate]
- Description
- Membership certificate for the fraternal, nativist organization containing patriotic vignettes and pictorial details adorning and bordering an ornamented arch. Includes portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in addition to state seals, the figures of Liberty and Justice, American flags, and the American eagle and shield. OUAM, founded in Philadelphia in 1845 as the Union of Workers, was an anti-immigration, anti-Catholic benevolent society that provided its white, native-born members with sick and funeral funds., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Brother A. H. Alexander on January 23, 1872. Signed by Geo. H. Kidder, Councillor and Wm. B. [Pierez?], Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 159, Patton worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1852-ca. 1897., American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Patt Hone, See "Order of the United Daughters of America." HSP Bc 052 U58.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Patt Hone
- Title
- "The Freedman's Bureau."
- Description
- Visual pun on the Freedman's Bureau, a benevolent government organization, which aided formerly enslaved African Americans in the South by providing food, housing, and jobs, as well as establishing schools, hospitals, and a court system. Depicts a simply furnished attic room where an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature, ties his tie as he stands beside his bed and before his dresser/bureau. Atop the bureau, which has its top drawer open, is a stand with a broken mirror upon which you see the man's reflection. A portrait of Lincoln and a bow and fiddle hang on the wall. His overcoat and hat rest on a chair with a broken back behind him., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year A.D. 1868 by Currier & Ives in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York., Purchase 1968., 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., Worth was a comic and genre artist whose popular work was published by the lithographic firm Currier & Ives.
- Creator
- Worth, Thomas, 1834-1917, artist
- Date
- 1868
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1868-2W [7687.F]
- Title
- Summer scene in the country
- Description
- Genre print depicting a scene of leisure in front of a large Victorian-era, Italianate home and garden enclosed by a stone and iron-work fence. In the foreground, an elegantly-attired couple (the woman on sidesaddle) rides on horseback on a dirt road, while within the fenced grounds, a woman in wide-brimmed hat tends a rose garden across from a young girl petting a sheep. In the background, a man stands at the main entrance and a woman on a side porch of the house and look toward the couple in the road. In the far left, a man grooms a horse in front of a small stable and near a flock of chickens. The dirt road winds its way past grazing cattle, shrubbery and other homes, toward a body of water in the distance. Sailboats are visible on the water in the right background., Not in Wainwright., Joseph Hoover, a prolific producer of chromolithographed parlor prints, located to 804 Market Street in 1864., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 245, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2642], Digital image shows Smithsonian copy. LCP copy acquired after 2010.
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Genre [P.2013.22], Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2642]
- Title
- The second great match game for the championship, between the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia and the Atlantics of Brooklyn, on the grounds of the Athletics, Fifteenth & Columbia Avenue, Phila., Oct. 22nd, 1866
- Description
- Genre print depicting the Philadelphia Athletics and the Brooklyn Atlantics during a game in the Athletics field at Fifteenth Street and Columbia Avenue. The Brooklyn Atlantics are in the outfield, and an Athletics player positions himself to receive a pitch. In the foreground, two men sit at a table on the sidelines, three sit on chairs and other spectators watch the game, engage in fights, or keep score. In the left background, a low stand crowded with spectators is visible. The park is fenced and surrounded by trees. The names of each player and the umpire, and inning scores are included near the title. Formed in 1860 by James N. Kerns, the Philadelphia Athletics helped establish the National Association of Professional Baseball Players (NA) in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2809]
- Creator
- Magee, John L., artist
- Date
- c1867
- Location
- Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2809]
- Title
- Philadelphia Paris & New York fashions for spring & summer of 1867, published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion print featuring twenty full-length models in two rows displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Primarily depicts men's fashions but includes three female figures and two children. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including Senator Simon Cameron and Union General John Adams Dix posed against wall with a rural landscape in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 186, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
- Creator
- Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
- Date
- c1867
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.3]
- Title
- The terrible conflagration at Ninth and Washington Streets, Philadelphia. On the morning of Wednesday February 8th 1865. [graphic].
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Reaccessioned as P.2215., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Date
- 1865.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W397.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W397 [6549.F]
- Title
- The terrible conflagration at Ninth and Washington Streets, Philadelphia On the morning of Wednesday February 8th 1865
- Description
- Disaster print showing the scene at the "disastrous conflagration commenced in the storage yard [of Blackburn & Co.] at Ninth & Washington Street" in the early morning hours of February 8, 1865. In the foreground, displaced and panicked residents of all ages attired in their night clothes, many holding their few possessions, run down and gather on the snowy streets. Amongst the commotion, police officers assist residents with their possessions (trunks, bedding, and cookware) and direct firefighters toward the blaze and burnt ruins of and surrounding the coal yard. The firefighters transport a ladder, hoses, and hose carriage toward the burning buildings as other volunteers rush to smother a man on fire and comfort a fleeing girl. Others depicted at the scene include two men laying an unconscious man attired in a nightshirt on the ground; a man and woman clutching their children to their chests; and a woman falling and dropping her baby in her flight as a dog runs past them. In the background, a small number of survivors and firefighters carrying victims, run down the 1100 block of Ninth Street that is lined with burning and destroyed buildings. Across from the coal yard, presumably the proprietor, James McManus, holds a bundle, and prepares to exit the doorway of the "Lager Beer Saloon" on the northeast corner of Washington Avenue and Ninth Street. Furniture covers the sidewalk in front of his establishment, the upper floors visibly on fire., Also contains several lines of text explicating the economic and human cost of the fire, including "loss of property" at "$400, 000," the "property destroyed" at about "one hundred structures," and the "List of Dead and Missing - Mrs. Barbara Ware, aged 43 years. Miss Annie Ware, 23 years._Emma Ware, 20 year._Helen Ware, 13 years._Isabella Ware, 4 years._Rebecca Ware._Albert Ware, 17 years._Clayton Ware, 10 years._The Scott Family is missing._Samuel McMenamin Fleetwood". A barrel of coal oil ignited through arson stored at Blackburn & Co. started the blaze shortly after 2 A.M. The fire destroyed the coal yard, which then caused a stream of burning oil to flow down Washington Avenue and Ninth Street that spread the fire to neighboring blocks of Federal and Ellsworth streets., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 746, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Reaccessioned as P.2215., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Fire described in the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9, 1865, p. 8.
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W397 [6549.F]
- Title
- Philadelphia, Paris & New York fashions, for spring & summer of 1865, published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion print featuring twenty full-length models in two rows displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Primarily depicts men's fashions but includes three female figures and two children. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including two Union generals, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas and Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, in military uniforms and a sportsman carrying a hunting rifles posed in front of a military camp., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 184, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
- Creator
- Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
- Date
- c1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.2]
- Title
- The old flag again waves over Sumter Raised by Capt. Bragg of Gen. Gillmore's Staff on the 18th February 1865
- Description
- Shows Capt. Henry M. Bragg on the verge of planting the American flag into the war-ravaged pupit of Fort Sumter, repossessed by the Union as a result of General William T. Sherman's successful campaign through South Carolina. General Quincy A. Gilmore, head of the Department of the South, and a fellow soldier witness the moment as Charleston burns in the background., Copyrighted by Kimmel & Forster., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials.
- Date
- c1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Sumter [5794.F.5]
- Title
- The old flag again waves over Sumter raised by Capt. Bragg of Gen. Gillmore's staff on the 18th February 1865
- Description
- Shows Capt. Henry M. Bragg on the verge of planting the American flag into the war-ravaged pupit of Fort Sumter, repossessed by the Union as a result of General William T. Sherman's successful campaign through South Carolina. General Quincy A. Gilmore, head of the Department of the South, and a fellow soldier witness the moment as Charleston burns in the background., Originally part of a collection of Civil War ephemera., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Fuchs, F., lithographer
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Sumter [(10)1540.F]
- Title
- The last offer of reconciliation In rememberance of Prest. A. Lincolns. "The door is open for all."
- Description
- Allegorical print with decorative border commemorating the reconciliation of the North and South at the end of the Civil War. Depicts Lincoln extending a hand to Confederate President Jefferson Davis and to Liberty, depicted as a white woman, who sits behind the presidents in a temple adorned with the names of the Union states. Secretary of State William H. Seward, Secretary of War Gideon Welles, two Union Officers, General Sherman, and General Grant on horseback accompany Lincoln in the prosperous North. Grant holds a ribbon containing the names of the Confederate states, and Sherman attaches it to the Temple of Liberty. In the burning, war-torn South where ghostlike figures roam, Davis is accompanied by General Lee, a man resembling Henry Wilkes Boothe, an enslaved African American man who holds his shackled arms above his head, and a solemn young man holding his stove pipe hat. The decorative border contains healthy vines and branches on the northern side, dead vines on the side of the "South," and vignettes of an enslaved African American man being whipped by a white man enslaver, hand-to-hand combat, white men working the field, and a white man fishing., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year of 1865 by Henry & Wm. Voight in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York., Text below title: Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln., One of three companionate allegorical lithographs about the Civil War produced by Kimmel & Forster., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook of Lincoln materials. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., 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
- Thomas, Henry, lithographer
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political cartoons-1865-6R [5792.F]
- Title
- Fairmount Water Works. Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Depicts the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. In the foreground, trees and bushes line the river bank and small boats sail near the Schuylkill Canal lock in which a barge travels. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 237, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 88 C 936, Palmer, was one of a few women lithographic artists, who also developed innovative coloring techniques as well as made improvements to the lithographic crayons used by the firm Currier & Ives. Palmer worked for Currier, and later the firm, from 1851 to 1876.
- Creator
- Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 88 C 936
- Title
- Sheridan's cavalry at the Battle of Fisher's Hill. (Shenandoah Valley.)
- Description
- Shows Colonel Philip Henry Sheridan on horse-back pointing a gun at one of a small number of Confederate soldiers confronting him and his troops on a hill pass. Includes an officer of Sheridan firing upon a Confederate soldier threatening to shoot the colonel. Sheridan's decisive victory at Fisher's Hill lead to Union control of the Shenandoah Valley., Originally part of a Civil War scrapbook of Civil War views, places, and events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fisher's Hill [5779.F.37]
- Title
- Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer of 1864. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion print containing two rows of full-length models displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Two female figures in the center of the row display dresses with large hoops. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including two Union generals, Brig. Gen. Henry Morris Naglee and Maj. Gen. Nathanial Prentiss Banks, in military uniforms and two sportsmen carrying hunting rifles posed in front of a military camp., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 185, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
- Creator
- Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
- Date
- c1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.1]
- Title
- The U.S. sloop of war "Kearsarge" 7 Guns, sinking the pirate "Alabama" 8 Guns off Cherbourg France, Sunday June 19th 1864 The "Alabama" was built in a British shipyard by British workmen with British oak, armed with British guns, manned with British sailors, trained in the British navy, and was sunk in the British channel, in 80 minutes by the Yankee sloops of war "Kearsage" Capt. John A. Winslow
- Description
- View showing the U.S. gunboat firing upon the burning and sinking Confederate raider ship. Also shows lifeboats sailing between the vessels., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- c1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Alabama [5779.F.34]
- Title
- The capture of Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 2d. 1864 by the Union Army, under Major Genl. Sherman On the 30th August, the Union Army, by the masterly strategy of Genl. Sherman, made a rapid flank movement, cutting the rail road south of the city; attacking the rebels at Jonesboro, and capturing their guns and defences [sic] there. Hood the Rebel commander finding himself completely outgeneraled; set fire to his stores, blew up his magazines and "skedaddled,"_Genl Slocum with the 20th Corps occupied the place and thus in the thrilling words of Sherman "Atlanta" is ours and fairly won!!
- Description
- View showing several Union troops entering Atlanta. Military officers on horseback salute, lead a cannon, and direct the troops. Also shows an infantry man nursing his ankle in the foreground and the ammunitions store on fire in the middle of the city in the background., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Atlanta [5779.F.35]
- Title
- The dawn of liberty General Gage said "The very children here draw on a love of liberty with the air they breathe. You may go my brave boys, and be assured if my troops trouble you again they shall be punished."
- Description
- Historical print based on lore depicting a 1774 meeting in Boston between British Massachusetts Royal Governor General Thomas Gage and a "committee" of boys about British troops infringing their rights by destroying their snow hills and skating ice when unprovoked. Depicts the rotund Gage seated in a palatial drawing room decorated with an ornate rug; damask-style, blue wallpaper; red drapery; a large painted portrait of King George III; a book case; and a fireplace with a mantle adorned with a gold sculpture of the British lion. Gage, in uniform, sits in an arm chair near two of his officers, in uniform. One is seated at a table, covered in a cloth with an ornate design and the other stands next to him. A ledger and sheets of paper rest on the table. A delegation of boys, in long jackets, pantaloons, and tri-corn hats, enters the room through an open door. The lead boy extends his hand toward Gage as the others look at the room, each other, and the royal governor. An African American male servant, attired in a blue jacket and pantaloons and depicted with simian-like features, tends to a fire in the fireplace behind Gage. Written about in children's history texts beginning with Samuel Griswold Goodrich's in the 1830s, the episode is likely based on a 1775 incident involving a servant of General Frederick Haldiman, Haldiman, and a group of Boston boys about which Gage heard and then commented they had "caught the spirit of the times.", Artist's signature in lower right corner of stone., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by Wm. Smith in the Clerk's Office in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Progam (Junto Funds 2015).
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
- Date
- 1864
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - American Revolution [P.2017.87]
- Title
- Camp Vermont, Va. 4th Dele. Infy. [graphic] : Col. A.H. Grimshaw. Comd. 3rd Brigade. Lt. Col. C. Carroll Tevis. Major C.C. Lammot. Adjt. W.H. Cloward Q. Master. John F. Toner.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp near Hunting Creek, North Carolina. Shows soldiers milling among wood barracks on the grounds. Also shows two large tents in the foreground.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - V [5779.F.31]
- Title
- The great fight at Charleston, S.C., April 7th, 1863 [graphic] : Between 9 United States "Iron-Clads," under the command of Admiral Dupont; and Forts Sumter, Moultrie, and the Cummings Point Batteries in possession of the rebels.
- Description
- Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials., View showing the Union iron-clads, including the New Ironsides, ablaze and under heavy fire from the batteries at the harbor. Includes the names of the forts and "New Ironsides" printed below the image. Also includes several lines of text below the image describing the bravery of the vessels sustaining 300 rounds of fire for two hours before the order to retreat "on account of obstructions in the harbor."
- Creator
- Currier & Ives., creator
- Date
- c1863.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Charleston [5794.F.1]
- Title
- Camp Morris, 138th Regt. N.Y. Vols, Col. [graphic] : Col. Joseph Welling, commdg.
- Description
- Contains a printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Maryland. Includes soldiers gathered around a campfire. Rows of tents are visible in the background.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1863.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Miltary Camps- M [5779.F.21]
- Title
- Camp Pomroy, 111th Regiment, New York [graphic] : Col. J. Segoine commdg.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Virginia. Shows soldiers milling about rows of tents and log dwellings.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1863.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - P [5779.F.27]
- Title
- The Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. fought on the 19th and 20th of September 1863 Genl Rosecrans having advanced the "Army of the Cumberland" into Northwestern Georgia, was attacked by the Rebel army in overwhelming numbers under Bragg, Longstreet and others. But the glorious fighting of Genl. Thomas Division saved the day, completely shattering Longstreets' famous corps, and so effectually checking the whole Rebel army by nightfall on Sunday the 20th that Genl. Rosecrans was enabled to fall back in safety on Chatanooga, this failing the rebels in obtaining possession of that strong hold
- Description
- Shows flanks of Confederate and Union troops, surrounded by explosions, marching toward each other for battle. In the foreground, officers, on horseback, confront each other near a wounded officer and his downed horse while a soldier falls from the reigns of a supply wagon with a head wound., Originally part of a Civil War scrapbook of Civil War views, places, and events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Chickamauga [5779.F.49]
- Title
- The Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3d. 1863 This terrific and bloody conflict between the gallant "Army of the Potomac," commanded by their great General George G. Meade, and the host of the rebel "Army of Virginia" under General Lee, was commenced on Wednesday July 1st, and ended on Friday the 3d at 5 o'clock P.M._ The decisive battle was fought on Friday, ending in the complete rout & dispersion of the rebel army. _ Undying fame and a nations thanks, are ever due to the heroic soldiers, who fought with such unflinching bravery, this long and desperate fight
- Description
- View showing the Union army firing cannons into a flank of Confederate soldiers during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. In the foreground, Confederates lay wounded, retreat, and scratch their heads in bewilderment. In the background, flanks of troops advance against each other., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles [5779.F.39]
- Title
- The bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany 11th 1863 By the gun-boats, commanded by Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, and the Union troops under Maj. Genl. McClernand; the number of prisoners taken was 7000 being more than all the Federal forces in action, also 20 guns 8000 stand of small arms and 200 army wagons, with herds of horse and mules
- Description
- Shows five Union ironclads firing upon the Confederate fort. Flames rise from the barracks and throngs of Union soldiers disembark from a steamer and storm the grounds of the fort., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Hindman [5779.F.51]
- Title
- General Stoneman's great cavalry raid, May 1863 Through the heart of Virginia, spending ten days in the rebel territory; _ Crossing the Rappahannock on the 28th of April and returning to head-quarters May 8th after throughly [sic] destroying all the bridges of importance, tearing up miles of railroad track, breaking their canals, destroying millions of dollars worth of stores, capturing prisoners at the very gates of Richmond and returning with the loss of only one man killed, one wounded, and fifty or sixty taken prisoners
- Description
- View showing flanks of General George Stoneman's troops leveling a band of Confederate soldiers in the foregroun2d. The Confederates retreat, are struck down, and lay bloodied. Many of the Union troops charge with their swords raised., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Stoneman's Raid [5779.F.55]
- Title
- The great battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. _ Jany. 2nd 1863. Between the Union forces, under Genl. Rosecrans, and the rebel army under General Bragg This was one of the greatest battles of the war commencing on the 31st December 1862 and after terrible losses terminating on January 2nd 1863 in a glorious victory for the "Stars and Stripes." The desperate valor of both armies during this three days fight will be long remembered, by the brave heroes, who shared its dangers and its renown
- Description
- Battlefield scene showing Union and Confederate soldiers in hand-to-hand combat in the foreground. In the background, a Union officer on horseback, leads a flank of soldiers into the battle. Also shows an infantryman holding an American while in battle over a fallen soldier., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Murfreesboro [5779.F.53]
- Title
- The siege of Charleston. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, and batteries Wagner and Gregg by the Union batteries on Morris Island, under command of General Gilmore._ August 1863
- Description
- Shows Union soldiers at the island encampment firing several lines of cannons at the forts and batteries in the distance. Other soldiers man a barricade behind the cannons. Also shows a steamer and submarines firing from the harbor. Includes the names of the forts printed below the image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reaccessioned as P.9177.15.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Charleston [5794.F.2]
- Title
- The Union iron clad Monitor "Montauk." Destroying the rebel steamship "Nashville," in the Ogeeche River, near Savannah Ga. _. Febry. 27, 1863
- Description
- Shows the Union ironclad firing at the "Nashvile" as it bursts into flame from a previous artillery strike., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Montauk [5779.F.42]
- Title
- Home "on sick leave"
- Description
- Caricature showing a soldier dining with a young lady attired in an absurd hat. The soldier sips from a straw and looks sheepishly at his dining partner., Lithographer's signature on stone lower left corner., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., See related photograph: cdv - misc. - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures and cartoons [5770.F.51i]., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Mullen, Edward F., lithographer
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons-1863 Hom [5780.F.d]
- Title
- The gallant charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw
- Description
- Commemorative print depicting the African American regiment's heralded battle at Fort Wagner at the moment of the death of their white commander, Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw, his hand on his chest from the fatal gunshot, falls back on top of the parapet. His color-bearer holding the American flag inscribed, "54th Mass." continues to charge. Gory hand-to-hand battle and bayonet fighting proceeds around them. Soldiers fall to their death. The battle at Fort Wagner fomented Union support of African American regiments and immortalized Shaw as a martyr for the cause., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress i the year 1863, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York., LCP exhibition catalogue: Negro History, p. 50., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- 1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Wagner [5779.F.38]
- Title
- The gallant charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw
- Description
- Commemorative print depicting the African American regiment's heralded battle at Fort Wagner at the moment of the death of their white commander, Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw, his hand on his chest from the fatal gunshot, falls back on top of the parapet. His color-bearer holding the American flag inscribed, "54th Mass." continues to charge. Gory hand-to-hand battle and bayonet fighting proceeds around them. Soldiers fall to their death. The battle at Fort Wagner fomented Union support of African American regiments and immortalized Shaw as a martyr for the cause., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress i the year 1863, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York., LCP exhibition catalogue: Negro History, p. 50., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- 1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Wagner [5779.F.38]
- Title
- The colored volunteer Marching into Dixie
- Description
- Portrait of an African American man Union soldier, attired in a uniform, a "U.S." belt buckle, and a cap. He holds his rifle over his right shoulder and carries a sleeping mat on his back., Inscribed under title: 843., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC-Civil War-Soldiers [(9)1540.F]
- Title
- Freedom to the slaves. Proclaimed January 1st 1863, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof”__ Lev. XXV 10
- Description
- Civil War print evoking the Emancipation Proclamation depicting a freed, enslaved family with Abraham Lincoln in an outdoor setting. Shows Lincoln standing in the right, bearded, attired in a suit, and pointing the finger of his right hand into the air (and to the heavens) while his left hand is being kissed by the African American father of the family. The man, attired in shirtsleeves tucked into striped pants, kneels, and holds the right hand of Lincoln with his left hand as he kisses it. His right arm is by his side and his right hand holds a yellow, brimmed hat to the ground. Part of a broken shackle is under Lincoln’s foot by the left knee of the man. Behind the African American man, stands his African American woman partner holding a baby to her chest. She holds the baby’s arm with her left hand and their bottom with her right. A young child in a thigh-length smock with ragged edges stands at her right side. The woman wears a tied, green-striped head band around her forehead, a shawl with stripes, and a pink sheath dress with a floral pattern. Patches of grass are visible in the foreground and the roof and chimney of a dwelling are visible in the background., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Purchased in part with the Davida T. Deutsch African American History Fund., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Emancipation [P.2020.21]
- Title
- Camp near Ft. Lyon, Va., 26th N.Y.V., Colonel Wm. H. Christian. [graphic].
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp. Shows soldiers on the campgrounds near rows of tents.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - F [5779.F.22]
- Title
- Camp of Second Mass. Regt., [graphic] : Col. George H.J. Gordon, commanding.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Shows two brigades of soldiers marching toward each other under the inspection of officers on horseback. Also shows rows of tents among trees in the background.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - S [5779.F.19]
- Title
- Camp of the 131st Regt. Pa. Vols. [graphic] : P.H. Allbach, Col. Lieut., Col. Wm. B. Shaut, Ad. Col.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Antietam, Maryland. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - 131st [5779.F.26]
- Title
- Camp Chase, 147th Regt. N.Y.S.V. [graphic] : Col. A.P. Warner, commdg.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Ohio. Shows soldiers standing among rows of tents. Also shows soldiers attending pots over campfires.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.10]
- Title
- Camp Chase, 12th Regt. R.I. Vols., Col. George H. Brown, commdg. [graphic].
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Ohio. Shows soldiers walking among rows of tents.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.11]
- Title
- Camp Casey, 87th Regt. N.Y.S.V. [graphic] : Col. Dodge.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, & Events., View of the Union military training camp outside of Washington, D.C. Shows a cluster of tents near a grove of barren trees. Soldiers walk and guard the grounds. Also shows, to the left of the image, a horse-drawn wagon travelling on a path leading from the city.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- 1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.7]
- Title
- Camp Hicks near Frederick, Md., 12th Regt. Massachusetts Vols. [graphic] : Col. Webster.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp. Shows tents interspersed among leafless trees. Also includes a few soldiers on the grounds.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - H [5779.F.16]
- Title
- Camp of "The Webster Regiment," 12 Mass. Vols. Cantonment Hicks, 1st Brigade, Genl. Banks division, near Frederick Md. [graphic] : Col. Fletcher Webster com., Lt. Col. T.M. Bryan major, E. Burbank surgeon, Jedediah Baxter asst. surgeon, J. Hayward qr. master, David Wood adjutant, T. P. Haviland.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Maryland. Shows the barracks of comapnies A-H and K during the winter. Also shows soldiers on guard and a horse-drawn wagon. Also includes the names of the commaders of the companies printed below the image.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - W [5779.F.32]
- Title
- Camp Seward, 25th Regt. Me. Vol. 3rd Brigade, Casey's Div. [graphic] : Col. Francis Fessendon, commdg.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Westfield, N.Y. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents on the grounds.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - S [5779.F.28]
- Title
- Camp Chase, 7th Regt. R.I. Vols [graphic] : Col. L.R. Bliss, Commdg.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Ohio. Shows soldiers walking among a semi-circle cluster of tents. Also shows a government building in the far left background.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.12]
- Title
- Camp Chase, Va. 11th Regt. N.H. Vols. [graphic] : Col. Walter Harrinan, Commdg.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, & Events., View of Union military training camp in Ohio. Includes soldiers standing among and in front of rows of tents.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.9]
- Title
- Camp Seward 170th N.Y.V. 2d Regiment-- Corcoran's Legion [graphic] : Col. Peter McDermott Lieut. Col. J. P. Mc Ivor.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Westfield, N.Y. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents on the grounds.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps [5779.F.29]
- Title
- Col. Wm. B. Greene, commanding 14th Regt. Mass. Vols. (heavy Artillery) Fort Albany, Virginia. [graphic].
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., View of the Union military training camp. Shows a horse-drawn wagon leaving the camp comprised of barracks and tents. Also shows soldiers seated on the grounds outside of the camp.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - F [5779.F.2]
- Title
- Camp Seward, 27th Regt. Me. Vs. [graphic] : Col. R.P. Tapley, Lt. Col. M.J. Wentworth, Maj. Ja. L. Stone.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp at Westfield, N.Y. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents on the grounds.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- [c1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - S [5779.F.30]
- Title
- Camp Tom Casey, 26th Me. Regt. [graphic] : Col. Nathaniel H. Hubbard, commdg.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Virginia. Shows mule-drawn wagons passing rows of tents. Also shows soldiers on the grounds.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.8]
- Title
- Camp Abercrombie, 169th Regt. N.Y.S. Vols. . [graphic] : Col. Clarence Buel, Commdg.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., View of the camp outside of Washington, DC. Shows soldiers seated and walking among rows of tents.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - A [5779.F.1]
- Title
- Camp Wisewell, 28th Regt. N.J. Volunts. [graphic] : Col. M.N. Wisewell, commdg.
- Description
- Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Washington, D.C. Shows soldiers milling among rows of tents.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
- Date
- c1862.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - W [5779.F.33]