Search results

Title: 1710 The prison at 3rd & High (Market) sts
Description: Detail of a view looking east from above Third and High (Market) streets showing the High Street Prison built circa 1723 and the nearby old market stalls (built 1710) during the colonial era. Shows a couple in colonial attire walking on the sidewalk and two men in a stockade at the jail. The prison operated until the early 1770s when replaced by the Walnut Street Prison. The market shambles was replaced by the permanent Jersey Market circa 1765., Originally part of the lithograph titled "Philadelphia in the Olden Times," printed by F.J. Wade, Philadelphia, and copyrighted in 1875 by Smith & Cremens in Washington, D.C. [HSP Bc 864 W 121], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Prints - small - Prisons, Box 39, Inscribed on verso: Mrs. Hampton L. Carson 5/21/[19]25.
Date: [1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Prints - small - Prisons, Box 39

Title: Abbott & Lawrence. Liberty Stove Works, Brown Street above Fourth St. Philada James J. Abbott. Archilus Lawrence
Description: Advertisement showing the stove works founded in 1851 on the 400 block of Brown Street in Northern Liberties. Works include a four-story building containing the "office" and adorned with a cupola, a large work yard, and a rear "Foundry." At the multi-story building, a laborer loads stoves that are lined on the sidewalk into a horse-drawn wagon under the eye of a man at the doorway. On the roof, two other men stand in the cupola that is adorned with a statue of Liberty. In the adjacent work yard, laborers shovel and pick at mounds of coal and bricks, and load and transport hand- and horse-drawn carts on the grounds and up a ramp leading to an opening in the foundry. Near the workers, a group of men, one leaning on a shovel convenes and two boys chase each other over a mound. On the sidewalk, men, women, and children pedestrians stroll past a street lamp, watch the workers, and converse near a dog sniffing a fire hydrant. In the street, drivers guide horse-drawn carts, a drayman travels, and a pedestrian crosses in the path of an "Abbott & Lawrence Liberty stove Works" wagon and speeding carriage occupied by a family of three. Street activity also includes a man on horse back, two dogs in a greeting stance, and two gentlemen engaged in conversation. The firm was reestablished as Abbott & Noble in 1858, and operated until 1915 under various proprietors., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 7, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W11 [P.2002]

Title: Adam & Co.'s express "polka" Composed expressly for Adams & Co., and respectfully dedicated to E. S. Sanford Esq. by Francis Weiland
Description: Sheet music cover containing an exterior view of the Philadelphia-branch office situated next to Carpenter's Hall court at 116, i.e., 320 Chestnut Street. Signage listing the name and services of the company, and manager Edward S. Sanford, adorns the five-story building. Shows laborers loading an "Adams & Co" horse-drawn express wagon as in the street a dog runs between it and a departing "California Express" wagon hauling crates. A man holding a valise sits on the crates. Two men, including possibly Sanford, watch the scene from the building doorway. Pedestrians bear witness from the sidewalk. Company clerks are visible in the second floor windows of the building. Also contains partial views of the neighboring storefronts, including shadowy display windows of merchandise. Shows perfumer Edward Roussel (114, i.e., 318) and Montgomery Hart & Co. paper hangings (118, i.e., 322). A bear adorns the building of Roussel. The express service company established by Alvin Adams of Boston in 1840, began a Philadelphia branch circa 1843, and was incorporated in 1854., Copyrighted by J. Paul Diver., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 10, Atwater Kent Museum: 53.32.2. Includes music., Francis Weiland was a Philadelphia music teacher.
Date: [c1852]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 53.32.2

Title: Assembly Building schottisch
Description: Sheet music cover showing a busy street scene with the "Assembly Buildings" music hall rebuilt 1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 1000-1002 Chestnut Street. Signage for tenant F.A. Hoyt & Brother, boys clothing, adorns the frieze of the building used for concerts, exhibitions, and balls. The hall also displays signage for the "Assembly Dinner Saloon," the eating saloon in the basement. Several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks, convene at the intersection, and cross the street in which horse-drawn carriages and an omibus travel. Pedestrians include ladies with parasols, a boy with a hoop, and two men shaking hands. Also shows two men on horseback near a street lamp at the corner, a dog, and neighboring buildings., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by J.W. Roddon., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 28, Possibly printed by Jacob Haehnlen.
Date: c1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Theatres [6482.F]

Title: B. F. [Peirotts?]
Description: Bust-length portrait showing a bearded man, attired in jacket, vest, and collar, looking slightly right. Filigree border frames the portrait., Inscribed lower right corner: 143., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.87]

Title: The belt of wampum delivered by the Indians to William Penn at the "Great Treaty" under the Elm Tree at Shackamoxon in 1682. "Not Sworn to and never Broken." Presented by Granville John Penn Esq of England
Description: Near life-size depiction of the belt made from oyster-shell beads and leather that purportedly the Delaware Indians gave to William Penn at the signing of the treaty. The belt was given by Penn's great-grandson to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1857., Not in Wainwright., Two of the prints are varnished., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 14, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 69 L 567
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 69 L 567

Title: Bennett & Co. Tower Hall, clothing bazaar No. 182 Market St, between Fifth & Sixth. Philadelphia Wholesale & retail. J.M. Bennett. J. C. Umberger
Description: Advertisement showing the four-story, tower-shaped clothing store adorned with signage at 182, i.e., 518 Market Street. Statuary and a flag reading "Tower Hall" embellish the building and signs advertise "Quick Sales" and "Small Profits." A store clerk consults with a patron near one of the four open entryways to the establishment. Clothing adorns the entries and hangs from racks inside the store in which another clerk assists a patron at a display table. Coats and other piles of clothing are visible in the upper floor windows. In front of the store, several crates line the sidewalk. A laborer nails one shut as other workers load a horse-drawn dray. A few of the crates are marked with addresses, including Independence, Mo., Nashville, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga. The three-and-one-half story "Clothing Ware Rooms" stands adjacent to the "Tower Hall." Signage advertising "Shirts, Collars, Bosoms, Cravats, Wrappers, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs &c. &c. &c. and [Edward] "Allman Hatter" and [Robert] "Winchester Grocer" adorns the facade. Patrons exit and enter the doorways of the building in front of which a laborer loads a "Bennet & Co. Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar" wagon. On the sidewalk, near the delivery worker, a woman strolls near two boys in conversation and a man carrying a large package. Partial views of the outerlying, neighboring businesses complete the scene. Signage reading "...T Toland," (i.e., George Toland, accountant, 180 Market), and "Robert..." adorn the buildings. Also contains a trompe l'oeil wood frame border around the image., Col. Joseph M. Bennett (1816-1898) established his business, which he named Tower Hall in 1853, at the address in 1849. He was a successful businessman who used his wealth for philanthropic pursuits including the establishment of a Methodist orphanage and the bequest of West Philadelphia properties to the University of Pennsylvania in support of women's education., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 35, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W23 [P.2016]

Title: Bennett's Tower Hall, clothing bazaar, no. 518 Market Street, bet[ween] 5th & 6th, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement with a street scene showing "Bennett's Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar." Signage and a flag adorn the tower-shaped storefront in front of which two men converse and ladies approach. Also shows heavy street activity. Two horse-drawn omnibuses travel near an unusually-designed "Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar 518 Market St." wagon and a drayman stopping his dray of goods in front of the store. The "West Philadelphia" omnibus is filled with passengers and a lady departs from the rear of the "Hestonville Market Street Camden Ferry" vehicle. Also shows adjacent buildings. Established at this address in 1849, named Tower Hall in 1853, renumbered as 518 Market Street in 1856 (formerly 182 Market Street)., Not in Wainwright., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 37, Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Date: [1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Business [P.2017]

Title: Bridesburg Machine Works. Alfred Jenks & Son, manufacturers of cotton and wool carding spinning and weaving machinery, shafting and millgearing, Bridesburg post office Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the busy industrial complex established circa 1819 by Alfred Jenks and enlarged in 1853 on the east side of Richmond Street between Franklin & Locust streets in Bridesburg. A horse-drawn flatbed truck enters the courtyard of the U-shaped complex containing several buildings that are surrounded by wood fencing. Within the yard, clusters of workers transport boxes and planks of wood by hand near an unhitched wagon surrounded by crates. A carriage with driver waits near a smaller building, landscaped with trees and attached to one of the large workshops. Outside the complex, a driver handles a four-horse team plodding to pull a truck loaded with two large machines as other factory workers transport planks, carry crates, mill about with their tools, drive a dray, and stand at a shed facing the street. Also shows two gentlemen talking to a worker in the middle of the roadway, a worker carrying a box near abandoned carts in an adjacent courtyard, and several working smokestacks on the roofs of the works. Six vignettes of different types of textile machinery illustrate the side borders. Includes a single breaker card, loom, cotton card, railway drawing head, and ring frame thostle., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 79. (HSP O 458)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 13.1, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc35 B851., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M)., Reduced variant printed in 1857 by Frederick Bourquin & Co. published in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufacturers ... in 1857 (Philadelphia, 1859), p. 301.
Creator: Beaulieu, Emile F., artist
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W33.1 [P.2020]

Title: [Brown, Frederick & Kunkel, clothing warerooms, 41 North Third Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Unlettered proof of advertisement showing a North Third Street block of businesses (37-43) above Market Street. Includes (left to right) Sieger, Lamb & Co., dry goods (43); Brown, Frederick & Kunkel, men's and boys' wear and Irwin, Shultz & Peiper, merchants (41); S. Brock Jr., fancy dry goods and Iungerich & Smith, grocers (39); and Lloyd & Walmsley, trimmings (37). Storefronts are four to five stories and are built of stone. Gentlemen patrons enter and exit, including one descending an interior flight of stairs, most of the establishments. A crate rests outside and boxes are piled near the second-floor windows of Brown, Frederick, & Kunkel. Barrels crowd the first floor of Iungerich & Smith into which a laborer rolls a barrel as two line the sidewalk behind him. Outside of Lloyd & Walmsley, a gentleman inspects a large box and men sit on or address crates in front of Sieger, Lamb & Co. Drays, a wagon, and handcart, attended by their drivers, and loaded with goods, many with faint writing, are parked in front of, or depart, from each building. One drayman attempts to settle his horse. Also shows the storefront (without signage) at 45 North Third Street and partial views, with signage, of neighboring businesses, including J.W. Swain, umbrellas and parasols (35). Names of businesses spelled variantly on 41 North Third Street storefront., Title supplied by cataloger., Possibly by W.H. Rease., Date supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 65, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W34 [P.2033]

Title: The Bull's Head, Drovers' Hotel, corner of Vine & 65th sts. 24th ward. West Philada. On the estate of the Butchers & Drovers Association
Description: View showing the front facade of the three-story hotel operated by Mr. Nelson Werntz. The hotel, opened in 1855 for the use of drovers who supplied the Pennsylvania market, includes a verandah and cupola. Cupola adorned with a flag decorated with a bull's head. Also shows red and blue drapery lining the windows. The Butcher's And Drover's Association purchased the West Philadelphia estate in 1855 and sold the hotel and property in 1866., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 68, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.8970.27]

Title: Burton & Laning. Manufactory: 6th Street above Camac
Description: Advertisement showing the factory established in 1852 at Sixth and Columbia Avenue. A worker hoists a barrel up the street-side of the four-and-a-half story "Burton & Laning's Paper Hangings Manufactory" on the industrial block. Sheds, fenced factory yards, and factory buildings dominate the surrounding landscape. Image includes heavy street activity in the foreground. A horse-drawn dray is unloaded in front of the factory; a farmer transports a pile of hay via wagon; and men push handcarts, lead a dray loaded with barrels, drive a covered wagon filled with logs, and ride on horseback. Across the street from the factory, a female vendor serves a boy a cup of milk from her canister beside her. Burton & Laning were active until 1862., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 70, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M).
Creator: Rease & Schell, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W37 [P.2018]

Title: [Burton & Laning paper hanging manufactory, 6th Street above Camac, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On stone by Rease & Schell No. 17 Sth. 5th St. Phila.
Description: Location: Sixth and Columbia Ave., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: Rease & Schell, lithographer., creator
Date: ca. 1855.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W037.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W37 [P.2018]

Title: The butcher From life at Philada
Description: Children's moral instruction book showing a butcher driving a horse-drawn cart loaded with quarters of meat away from a market shed in the background. A dog runs ahead of the horse in the foreground. Homes and a church spire are visible in the tree-lined distance., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 44 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "The butcher" describing food production and the role of the butcher, who brings the meat from the slaughterhouses to the city markets. Praises food production as the work of God: "Think what millions of creatures upon the earth, as well as in the air and in the deep sea, receive their daily food from His hands!", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 71, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.44, Free Library of Philadelphia: \\RBD\\ASSU\\V\\C498S\\FACSIM.\\
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8343.44

Title: The Calvary Presbyterian Church, Locust Street, - Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Gothic-style Presbyterian church built 1851-1853 after the designs of John Notman at 1508-1514 Locust Street. The building includes two towers that flank a center with gabled roof and contains arched doors and windows. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two women conversing on the sidewalk and a man entering the church. Adjacent buildings are partially visible. The church was completed for a dissenting congregation that included locomotive industrialist Matthias Baldwin who contributed $10,000 to the over $100,000 construction and land fees., Not in Wainwright., Probably by Henry Steinegger, a Swiss-born lithographer active in the West in the later nineteenth century., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 77, Gift of David Doret., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2002, p. 65., See Catalogue of the twenty-second Exhbition of American Manufactures... (Philadelphia, 1852), p. 19, entry 2909.
Creator: Steinegger, Henry, artist
Date: [ca. 1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion [P.2002.57]

Title: Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul Philadelphia The above building is two hundred and sixteen feet in lenght [sic], and one hundred and thirty feet in width, the corner stone of which was laid in September 1846
Description: Exterior view showing the Roman-Corinthian-style Catholic cathedral built 1846-1864 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (interior) and John Notman (exterior) on Eighteenth Street, north of Race Street. Contains four columns at the entrance above which the quote "Ad Majorem Del Gloraim" is inscribed, four niches adorned with statuary on the front elevation, two small spires, and a large dome to the rear of the building. A small number of parishioners, predominately women with children, sit and stand at the base and top of the steps leading to the sanctuary. Another woman holds a parasol and ascends the steps., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 87, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 131 C 363a
Creator: Schnabel, Edward, artist
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 131 C 363a

Title: Centre Mission School of Christ Church Germantown This engraving is respectfully presented to the friends of the mission
Description: View showing the double-entranced stone school house containing a small bellfry. Townscape is visible in the left of the image and a country house with farmland in the right., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 97, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 132 C 555
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 132 C 555

Title: Charles Oakford & Sons model hat store nos 826 & 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel. Philadelphia. Hats, caps & furs, wholesale & retail
Description: Advertisement showing the ornately furnished interior of the hat store established by Oakford in 1827. Fitting tables adorned with lavish free standing light fixtures in front of glass display cases filled with men's hats line the sides of the room. In the foreground, Oakford assists a patron seated at one of the tables on top of which a number of hats lie. Behind the men, a clerk pulls a hat from one of the cases. In the background, in front of another fitting table on which hats sit, a clerk and gentleman patron stand and discuss hats in their hands. A third gentleman patron watches the exchange from across the aisle. Arches extend toward the visible rear of the store and are labeled "Charles Oakford & Sons"; "Gent's Furnishing Goods"; and "Wholesale Department." Tiles line the floor and the ceiling has minimal molding. Oakford admitted his sons to the firm in 1856 and relocated his business to the Continental Hotel in 1860., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 106, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Variant of **W58 [P.2030]., Artist's studies of the interior and exterior of the storefront held in the collections of the Library of Congress. [DLC-PP-1997-105-Drawings-Oakford] and [DLC-PP-1997-105-Drawings-Oakfordinterior], Ibbotson & Queen was a partnership between Harvey Ibbotson and James Queen.
Creator: Ibbotson & Queen, artist
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W55 [P.2029]

Title: Charles Oakford & Sons model hat store nos 826 & 828, Chestnut Street, Continental Hotel. Philadelphia. Hats, caps & furs, wholesale & retail. [graphic] / Lith by Ibbotson & Queen, 311 1/2 Walnut St.
Description: Illus: Wain p. 110., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: Ibbotson & Queen, lithographer., creator
Date: ca. 1860.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W055.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W55 [P.2029]

Title: Charles Oakford United States steam leuring model hat manufactory Hats, caps, & furs wholesale and retail. 104, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the interior of the wholesale and finishing department (est. 1850) of the manufactory for the hat business established in 1827. Oakford stands with a business client in the center of the room across from his steam powered leuring lathe and several male employees at work. The laborers stand and form hats at their stations, which line two-thirds of the room. The stations include a drawer as well as a cubby for pieces under construction. Toward the back of the room, another employee stacks hats on a table across from shelves lined with them. In the foreground, a boy packs the merchandise into a box marked "From C. Oakford 104 Chestnut St. Phila." View also includes a wall clock and a shovel lying near the oven of the steam lathe. Leuring lathes turn hats to impart a sheen to the fur fibers and create a polished look., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.5.2
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 46.57.5.2

Title: Charles Oakford's model hat store, 158, Chestnut Street Philadelphia. Hats, caps and furs, wholesale and retail
Description: Advertisement showing the ornately furnished interior of a later store, at 624 Chestnut Street, of the the hat establishment established by Oakford in 1827. Fitting tables adorned with lavish free standing light fixtures in front of glass display cases filled with men's hats line the sides of the room. In the foreground, Oakford assists a patron seated at one of the tables on top of which a number of hats lie. Behind the men, a clerk pulls a hat from one of the cases. In the background, in front of another fitting table on which hats sit, a clerk and gentleman patron stand and discuss hats in their hands. A third gentleman patron watches the exchange from across the aisle. An arch labeled "Oakford" is visible to the center of the room that leads to the women's and children's section at the rear of the store. A clerk assists a woman patron seated near a rack of hats and across from a woman and girl as they browse. Large tiles line the floor and the ceiling is plain. Oakford operated from the site 1853-1860 before relocating to the Continental Hotel. Oakford admitted his sons to the firm in 1856., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 109, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W58 [P.2030]

Title: Charles Oakford's model hat store, 158, Chestnut Street Philadelphia. Hats, caps and furs, wholesale and retail. [graphic].
Description: Location: [Chestnut Street], Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Date: ca. 1854.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W058.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W58 [P.2030]

Title: Chestnut Street, East of Fifth
Description: Panoramic view showing businesses marked with pre-consolidation addresses on the south side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street (134-140, i.e., 420-428). Signage and ornaments adorn the buildings. Includes L. J. Levy & Co., dry goods store (420); Bailey & Kitchen, jeweler, and Broadbent & Co. daguerreotype rooms (422); W. F. Warburton late W.H. Beebe & Co., hatter and C. Stinger, dressmaker(424); James E. Caldwell & Co., jeweler (426); Root Gallery of Daguerreotypes, Wriggens & Warden, jeweler, and S. Marot, engraver (428). Also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages and an omnibus. Part of the old City Hall at Fifth and Chestnuts is also visible. A crowd of people stands at the tree-lined street corner near the building., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 541.1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 856 Sc 57, HSP copy inscribed on recto: Prest by J. C. Browne., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street - 4th-5th (2 copies), Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PRM071, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Collins & Autenrieth, artist
Date: c1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W263 [P.2007.21.18]

Title: Christ Church Germantown Phila
Description: Exterior view showing the Episcopal church later known as Christ Church & St. Michael's, originally built 1854-1856, at 29 West Tulpehocken Street. Also shows an adjacent white-stone residence with porch and street and pedestrian traffic. Traffic includes a horse-drawn cart, ladies on promenade, and a man strolling with a young girl who holds his hand. Building was destroyed by a hurricane in 1878 and rebuilt in 1880., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 118, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Christ Church, Stephen C. Duval became a partner his father's lithograph firm in 1857.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Christ Church

Title: City Museum, Callowhill St. below Fifth St. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. A group of men and women enter one of the seventh entrances in the left of the image. A sign reading "Star Hall" hangs above the door and a flag marked "City Museum" adorns the roof of the building. Materials are displayed in several of the windows and two men stand at another entrance. Also includes pedestrians on the sidewalk walking near a street lamp. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 135, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 09 C 581
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 09 C 581

Title: Cliveden - The Chew House - Germantown, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. View also includes garden sculptures. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 143, Gift of David Doret, 2006., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator: Hosier, Abraham, artist
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Residences - C [P.2006.31.18]

Title: Conflagration of the steam boat New Jersey on the Delaware River opposite Philada March 15th 1856 in which 60 persons lost their lives
Description: Shows, in the distance, clouds of smoke rising from the Philadelphia and Camden Ferry Co. steamboat under the winter night sky as rowboats race to and from the wreck. In the foreground, two survivors sit and cling to cakes of ice near floating debris. In the right of the image, her sister ferry "Dido" travels to the rescue, the ship's reflection visible in the water. Captained by Ebenezer Corson, the "New Jersey," on mid-voyage to Camden from Philadelphia via an alternate elongated route due to heavy ice, caught fire as the result of defective boilers. With the fire spreading rapidly, Corson retreated to Arch Street Wharf in Philadelphia, and came within thirty feet of the pier when the pilot house collapsed leaving the boat unmanned and out of control. Corson survived by leaping ashore before the uncontrolled ship drifted back out on the river., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 154, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 83 N 548, See reduced variant "Conflagration of the steam boat New Jersey on the Delaware River opposite Philada. March 15th 1856 in which 50 persons lost their lives" [LCP Wainwirght 82, P.2026]
Creator: Heiss, George G.
Date: [1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 83 N 548

Title: Cornelius & Baker, 181 Cherry Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of lamps, gas fixtures etc
Description: Advertisement showing the multi-story factory on the 800 block of Cherry Street. A tower and American flag adorn the building in which workers are visible at a number of the open windows. At the far left end of the building, a wagon travels near a man carrying a basket and through an archway to the courtyard. A horse-drawn wagon is parked near the main entrance of the factory. The entry contains the name of the firm and a small stoop adorned with iron work. At the corner, a boy with a light fixture walks past a lamppost, as in the street, a horse-drawn wagon travels behind a carriage occupied by three gentlemen. The vehicle is drawn by two agitated horses that the driver attempts to settle. At the east side of the building, two gentlemen converse and another horse-drawn wagon drives down the street. Also shows a woman strolling past a tree at the adjacent corner, and neighboring buildings. Cornelius & Baker was founded in 1835 and operated 2 factories and a storefront by the 1850s. The firm was succeeded by Cornelius & Sons in 1869., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856) (HSP O 458), Philadelphia on Stone, POS 161, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 C 814b., Also included as one of two images of separately issued print. See **W86.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W88 [P.2038]

Title: Cornelius & Baker, manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures, etc. Manufactories: No. 181 Cherry St & Columbia Avenue & 5th St, Philadelphia. Store, 176 Chestnut Street Columbia Avenue and 5th Street
Description: Advertisement showing the multiple-level industrial building with two-story addition comprising most of the 500 block of Columbia Avenue. A cupola containing a weather vane and an American flag adorn the roof of the main building. Near one of the factory entries, probably the office, a man holds the reigns of a horse hitched to a one-seat carriage as a horse-drawn omnibus passes from around the corner at the end of the block. In the foreground, passengers, including a woman and a family, wait at, and enter the rear of a "Germantown Road North Fifth Street" horse-drawn omnibus stopped, in the street, and across from the factory, near a small pile of debris. A man on horseback approaches the omnibus. A drayman leads his horse-drawn vehicle loaded with a crate past the opposite street corner on which a couple promenades. Also shows, neighboring buildings, in the left of the image. Cornelius & Baker was founded in 1835 and operated 2 factories and a storefront by the 1850s. The firm was succeeded by Cornelius & Sons in 1869., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856) (HSP O 458), Philadelphia on Stone, POS 163, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 C814a., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M)., Also included as one of two images of separately issued print. See **W86.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W87 [P.2036]

Title: Cornelius, Baker & Co. manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures etc Manufactories: 181 Cherry Street and Columbia Avenue & 5th Street, Philadelphia. Store, No. 176 Chestnut Street
Description: Advertisement containing two views showing the manufactories at "Columbia Avenue and Fifth Street" and "No. 181 Cherry Street." "Columbia Avenue" view shows the multiple-level industrial building with two-story addition comprising most of the 500 block of Columbia Avenue. A cupola containing a weather vane and an American flag adorn the roof of the main building. Near one of the factory entries, probably the office, a man holds the reigns of a horse hitched to a one-seat carriage as a horse-drawn omnibus passes from around the corner at the end of the block. In the foreground, in the street, and across from the factory, near a small pile of debris, passengers, including a woman and a family, wait at, and enter the rear of a stopped "Germantown Road North Fifth Street" horse-drawn omnibus. A man on horseback approaches the omnibus. A drayman leads his horse-drawn vehicle loaded with a crate past the opposite street corner on which a couple promenades. Also shows, neighboring buildings, in the left of the image., "Cherry Street" view shows the multi-story factory on the 800 block of Cherry Street. A tower and American flag adorn the building in which workers are visible at a number of the open windows. At the far left end of the building, a wagon travels near a man carrying a basket and through an archway to the courtyard. A horse-drawn wagon is parked near the main entrance of the factory. The entry contains the name of the firm and a small stoop adorned with iron work. At the corner, a boy with a light fixture walks past a lamppost, as in the street, a horse-drawn wagon travels behind a carriage occupied by three gentlemen. The vehicle is drawn by two agitated horses that the driver attempts to settle. At the east side of the building, two gentlemen converse and another horse-drawn wagon drives down the street. Also shows a woman strolling past a tree at the adjacent corner, and neighboring buildings. Cornelius & Baker was founded in 1835 and operated 2 factories and a storefront by the 1850s. The firm was succeeded by Cornelius & Sons in 1869., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 162, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M). FLP copy divided into two sheets., Images also issued as separate prints. See **W87 and **W88.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W86 [P.2028]

Title: Dale, Ross & Withers, importers & jobbers of silks & fancy goods, 219 Market St & 42 Commerce St, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the front facade of the five-story storefront built circa 1857 at 219, i.e., 521 Market Street. Building adorned with the name of the business and the street number on the roof. Also shows line-drawn partial views of adjacent buildings. Dale, Ross & Withers, leading silk merchants in the United States, partnered in 1843 and relocated to the address in 1857. By the mid 1860s, Withers had left the partnership., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 170
Creator: Button, Stephen Decatur, 1813-1897, artist
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W91 [P.2146]

Title: Diploma awarded by the Farmers & Mechanics Institute of Northampton County Pa. [blank] annual fair at Easton, [blank]. [Blank], Secy. [Blank] Prest
Description: Fair certificate containing an ornate border with seven vignettes related to agriculture and horticulture. Vignettes show a small herd of sheep; an iron worker with his assistant at a forge (resembling John Neagle's "Pat Lyon at his Forge"); a group of cattle; the Easton fairgrounds in front of a municipal building; a pair of horses; a locomotive travelling across a bridge away from a complex of manufactories; and a gathering of barn animals. Animals include a pig, chickens, ducks, geese, and a turkey. Border also includes farm produce such as squashes, cherries, grape vines, herbs, and plants in addition to agricultural and farm implements, including a butter churn, rake, hoe, basket, pitcher, pail, sickle, shovel, and an ax. Also contains a vignette showing the coat of arms of Pennsylvania including the banner "Virtue, Liberty and Independence." The Farmers & Mechanics Institute of Northampton County Pa. formed in 1855 to create a committee to buy land in Easton suitable for fair grounds following the Northampton County Agricultural Society choosing neighboring Nazareth for its permanent fair grounds., Not in Wainwright., Completed in manuscript on September 26, 1856 to Leonard Frankenfield, Bethlehem Twp., Penna. for Best Horse Raker. Signed Geo. W. Yates, Secy. and Sam Yohe, Prest., Caption: From a photograph by Reuben Knecht, Easton, Pa., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 296, Pasted on foam core.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia Certificates - Agriculture [P.2019.24.3]

Title: Diploma awarded by the Lebanon County Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Description: Fair certificate containing an ornate border with seven vignettes related to agriculture and horticulture. Vignettes show a small herd of sheep; a farmer at his plow; a group of cattle; a town hall; a pair of horses; an iron worker with his assistant at a forge (resembling John Neagle's "Pat Lyon at his Forge"); and a gathering of barn animals. Animals include a pig, chickens, ducks, geese, and a turkey. Border also includes farm produce such as squashes, cherries, grape vines, herbs, and plants in addition to agricultural and farm implements, including a butter churn, rake, hoe, basket, pitcher, pail, sickle, shovel, and an ax. Also contains a vignette showing the coat of arms of Pennsylvania including the banner "Virtue, Liberty and Independence.", Not in Wainwright., Issued October 8, 1858 to Mrs. S. B. Lehman for greatest variety verbena. Sawr. Rightmeyer, Secretary. Simeon Guilford, President., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 54, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 65 D 956
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 65 D 956

Title: The directory and prefect of the Sodality of St. Joseph's Church, Philada. To all who shall see the present letters greeting in the Lord
Description: Confirmation certificate containing allegorical and religious scenes and vignettes set within a border designed as an arch adorned with ornamentations and vinery. Scenes show the confirmation ceremonies for a group of boys and a group of girls, and a view of heaven with the Holy Mother receiving those who have departed the earth. Includes angels, some holding the banner "I.H.S. Behold Thy mother" surrounding the Mother of God who receives men, a woman, and child attired in Reniassance garb. Additional imagery includes an altar boy holding a crucifix, a female harpist, and a framed, vignette depiction of the Holy Mother encircled by text reading "Soldality of B.V.M. St. Joseph's Church Phia.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 185, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Sodality
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Sodality

Title: [Dyottville Glass Works]
Description: View showing the Dyottville Glass Works, in Kensington along the bank of the Delaware River, purchased in the late 1810s by English-born boot black maker and patent medicine dealer Thomas Dyott. Shows several of the 50 buildings of the premier glass works, including the factory adorned with the sign "Dyottville Glass Works", farmhouses, and barns. Workers enter the factory and walk on the grounds. Also shows several skiffs docked in front of the complex. The works also had a butcher shop, bakery, and chapel. Originally established as the Kensington Glass Works in 1771 by Towars and Leacock, the Dyottville Glass Works manufactured vials, bottles, flask, demijohns, and "indispensable articles." The factory ceased operations following Dyott's conviction for fraud in 1837 but resumed glass manufacturing in 1842 under the new ownership of Henry Seybert and was active until the end of the century., Philadelphia on Stone, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Stauffer, vol. I, folder 56, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 14:84, Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Stauffer, vol. I, folder 56

Title: E. Ketterlinus & Co. label printers, no. 40 North Fourth St., Philadelphia Always on hand, a large assortment of perfumers', druggists' and maufacturers' label
Description: Advertisement containing an embossed gilted border of flourishes, scrolls, and flowers for the the studio established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Ketterlinus was one of the earliest Philadelphia lithographers to produce stock cards, and embossed and colored mercantile labels. The firm remained in business until the 1970s., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 18, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 614 K 512
Creator: E. Ketterlinus & Co.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 614 K 512

Title: E. Ketterlinus & Co., letter-press and lithographic printers, no. 40 North Fourth St., first door above the Merchant's Hotel, Philadelphia Counting house almanac for 1854
Description: Advertisement calendar, containing an embossed and gilted border of patriotic and religious imagery, for the studio established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Imagery includes gothic architectural details; cherubs; the American eagle, shield, and flags; and an angel and a knight elevated on pedestals. Also contains advertising text promoting the firm's "Stock of Embossed and Illuminated perfumery, fabric, wine and liquor labels, show, business, and visiting cards" in addition to "Card and Job Printing, in all its branches, executed in a superior style, at the shortest notice. " Ketterlinus was one of the earliest Philadelphia lithographers to produce stock cards, and embossed and colored mercantile labels. The firm remained in business until the 1970s., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 19, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 614 K 512b
Creator: E. Ketterlinus & Co.
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 614 K 512b

Title: E. Ketterlinus & Co., plain and ornamental printer and lithographers, no. 40 North Fourth St., Philad'a Counting house almanac for 1852
Description: Advertisement calendar, containing an embossed and gilted border of classical imagery, for the studio established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Imagery includes scrolls; urns of flowers; cherubs playing instruments, riding fish, and holding up pedestals; and the sea god Poseidon in his chariot pulled by horses and a merman. Also contains advertising text promoting the products of the firm. Includes show cards, color glazed papers, tin foil, bronzes, bills of lading, fancy gilt dry good tickets, and hat and cap tips in addition to fancy embossed and gilt labels "always on hand." Ketterlinus was one of the earliest Philadelphia lithographers to produce stock cards, and embossed and colored mercantile labels. The firm remained in business until the 1970s., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 20, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 614 K 512a
Creator: E. Ketterlinus & Co.
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 614 K 512a

Title: East view of Philadelphia, Pennsylva. and part of Camden, New Jersey
Description: Bird's eye view looking from Camden toward the east side of the city. Tree-lined blocks of residential and commercial buildings in Camden predominate the foreground. The tower of the Philadelphia-Camden Ferry House and light traffic on Market Street comprises the townscape as well. Several types of vessels, including ferries, steamboats, and sailing ships traverse the Delaware River. In the distance, the cityscape of Philadelphia between Port Richmond and Southwark to West Philadelphia is visible. Includes Fairmount, Girard College, the Navy Yard, Blockley Almshouse, and the steeple of Christ Church. View also shows Smith and Windmill islands, and several ships docked along the piers lining the Delaware riverfront., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 200, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc864 K81.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: c1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W104 [P.2083]

Title: East view of Philadelphia, Pennsylva[nia] and part of Camden, New Jersey. [graphic] / Drawn from nature by A. Kollner.
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc864 K81.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813., creator
Date: c1856.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W104.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W104 [P.2083]

Title: Exterior view; Interior view of the temporary Hedding M. E. Church. Situated on the S.E. corner of Coates and Sixteenth Sts. Philadelphia In this locality it was deemed important by the church, that our borders should be enlarged, and in order to accomplish this object, a large respectable church must be erected, Rev. Andrew Manship was on the 9th of August 1853 by the proper authorities of the M.E. Church appointed pastor, he and his people thinking it inexpedient to wait until the regular church could be ready for occupancy, resolved to erect this building, which is 100 ft. by near 40, and accommodates about twelve hundred persons. the building committee [A. Manship, M. Morris, John Miller, and A.F. Old] aided by the people, energetically proceeded with the work, and in ten days, the house was ready and on the 16th of October was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. Since which time meetings have been held without much intermission and to the present date Feb. 10 1854, at least 300 persons have professed the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Clearly showing that God does not "Despise the day of small things". [sic]
Description: Exterior view showing a throng of men, women, and child parishioners arriving at the wood-plank temporary church building on the 1500 block of Coates, i.e., Fairmount Avenue. A tall picket fence with gate surrounds the church. The well-dressed church members file past the fence and through the open gate. Two stove pipes project out from the side of the building and a few trees provide landscape. The building served as the church for a year during the erection of the permanent building completed in the fall of 1854., Interior view showing the church packed with parishioners who fill the pews surrounding the minister's pulpit and stand in the aisle and rear of the building. Four stoves and overhanging lit gas pipes furnish the space. Men's hats hang on hooks on one of the walls. The minister stands and six church elders sit on the stage of the pulpit. Also shows one man sitting in the rear of the church., Engraved variant of "Exterior View" published in Rev. Andrew Manship's Thirteen year's experience in the itinerancy. Second edition. (Philadelphia, 1856). Copyrighted by Manship in 1855. [LCP Am 1857 Man 51198.D (Dick)], Philadelphia on Stone, POS 217, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1980 pg. 52.
Date: [1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W116 [P.8538]

Title: Exterior view of the tabernacle of the Alexander Presbyterian Church, Rev. Alfred Nevin. D.D. Pastor. N. E. corner of Nineteenth and Green streets. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the one-story red brick temporary church building that housed the congregation, later the West Green Street Church, 1858-1859. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn coach, promenading families and couples, and a boy waving an American flag. Congregation originally named for Rev. Archibald Alexander. The permanent church structure was built during the 1860s and complete by 1869., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 218, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 A 374
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 A 374

Title: The farm. A scene near Gray's Ferry, Philada. Co., Pa Design XXVII. pl. I
Description: Plate in architectural design book illustrating an Italianate mansion at the intersection of two roads in Gray's Ferry near Philadelphia. In the foreground, three boys fish in a stream that runs parallel to the property leading to the Schuylkill River in the background (left). An orchard occupies the land in front of the house, and farm land sprawls across the property behind the house. A team of two horses plows the farm land, and a sailboat is visible on the river in the distance., The lithography firm of Peter S. Duval operated as P.S. Duval & Co. from 1851-1857., Published in Samuel Sloan's The model architect. (Philadelphia: Published by E.S. Jones & Co. S.W. corner of Fourth & Race Sts., c1852), vol. II, plate I, design XXVII., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 243, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1852 Sloan (2)1382.F, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Farms
Creator: Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, artist
Date: [1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W376 [*Am 1852 Sloan (2)1382.F.opp10]

Title: The Farm. A scene near Gray's Ferry, Philada. Co., Pa. [graphic] / Sam'l Sloan Archt.
Description: Published in Samuel Sloan's The Model Architect. (Philadelphia: Published by E.S. Jones & Co. S.W. corner of Fourth & Race Sts., c1852), vol. II, plate 1, design XXVII., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1852 Sloan (2)1382.F
Creator: Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 architect., creator
Date: [1852]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W376.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W376 [*Am 1852 Sloan (2)1382.F]

Title: Fashions by S.A & A.F. Ward spring & summer No. 62 Walnut Philada. 1852
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 17 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and an outdoor, country setting. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as foliage and filigree. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Three men attired in suits, top hats and canes converse. One man leans against a writing desk, one shows his back, and the other man is seated in a wingback chair . At the center of the panel, a woman wearing a full dress with wide sleeves stands with a boy, a girl, and a puppy. A man wrapped in a lavish robe and fez hat sits on chaise lounge, looking right in the direction of two men who stand and converse. Lower panel shows a country scene. At the center of the scene two women attired in long-sleeve dresses and plumed hats are seated sidesaddle on horses. The men flanking the two women are attired in vests, jackets, cravats and top hats and some hold canes. One of the men rests his right hand on a rifle. A boy dressed in a vest, pants, boots and cap plays with a hoop and watches the horses. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Key numbered 1-17 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 71, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3067]
Date: 1852
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3067]

Title: Fashions for spring and summer 1853 by S.A. & A.F. Ward, No. 62 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 15 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and a fair setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight of the nine men are attired in jackets, vests, cravats, top hats and canes. Some wear plaid and striped pants. One man, seated with sheet music in his lap and a stringed instrument by his side, is attired in an elaborate silk robe. The remaining men, most standing, converse in groups and study framed images hanging on the wall. The left image is a landscape, and the right depicts a portrait of an older man. Lower panel shows the New York Crystal Palace, an exhibition building designed by Georg Carstensen and German architect Charles Gildemeister and constructed for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City in 1853. View includes foot, carriage, and omnibus traffic. Couples, children and dogs stroll the grounds. In the foreground, flanking the view of the exhibition building, are six figures, including a gentleman standing with his back shown, looking at a woman on a horse and a boy holding a watering can. The man is attired in a jacket, top hat and cane, and the boy wears a ruffled cape-like jacket, knickers and a cap. The woman, sitting sidesaddle, wears a dress, jacket, gloves and a plumed hat. On the right side, two men stand with a boy. All of them wear jackets, vests, cravats, patterned pants, boots and hats. One man holds a rifle in his left hand. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. New York's 1853 exhibition was held on the site now home to Bryant Park. A fire destroyed the exhibition building in 1858., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 76, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3068]
Date: 1853
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3068]

Title: Fine oysters From life, Phila
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing two shabby oyster hucksters as they shout, "Here they go! Oys-te-ers! Prime fat Oys-te-ers!" and walk in the street beside a tattered wagon pulled by a skinny horse. Also includes a corner clothing store, and a dog following the hucksters in the street., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 17 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "Prime oysters" moralizing against taking "the wrong road" by hanging out in taverns and stables and not getting an education. Those who do end up sellng oysters., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 249, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.17, Free Library of Philadelphia: \\RBD\\ASSU\\V\\C498S\\FACSIM.\\
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8343.17

Title: First Baptist Church of West Phila. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Gothic-style church built 1860-1863 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at Thirty-sixth and Chestnut streets. Also shows an adjacent gothic-style building and well-dressed pedestrian traffic. Traffic includes a couple crossing the street, two men conversing at the street corner; and children with chaperones, and striding hand in hand., Manuscript note on recto: With kind regards of William W. Keene., Manuscript notes on recto: Dimensions Main Building 60 ft x 102 (exclusive of tower and buttresses); Chapel 42 x 81.6; Height of wall at the flank 27 ft; [Height of wall at the] apex 75 ft; [Height of tower] 85 ft; [Height of tower] and spire 172 ft., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 257, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 13 W 519, Lower right corner missing.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 13 W 519

Title: The Floating Church of the Redeemer, Philadelphia. Built by Clement L. Dennington of New York for the Churchmen's Missionary Association for Seamen
Description: View of the floating Episcopal church built 1849 after the designs of Dennington. Shows the church on pontoons in the Delaware harbor. A flag inscribed "Bethel" adorns the church steeple and parishioners, including a woman, stand on the deck and within the church entrance. A steamboat, rowboat, and docked ships are visible in the background. Also includes the names of the members of the building committee in the lower right corner. The church moored at the foot of Dock Street until reconsecrated to a New Jersey parish in 1853 and placed on a brick foundation. Building burned 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 264, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #73., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wm. Endicott & Co.
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion [1322.F.]

Title: The Fourth Baptist Church, n.w. corner of Fifth & Buttonwood streets, Philadelphia Length of house 97 ft 8 inch, width of do 62 ft.; Highth of do. 41 ft.; Highth of spire 188 ft
Description: Exterior view of the Baptist church built 1853-1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie. Edifice includes a tapering spire. Also shows neighboring buildings; a small enclosed garden with a fountain in the street in front of the church; and pedestrian traffic. Traffic includes a couple admiring the fountain and two men admiring the church. Building was demolished circa 1970., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 271, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 13 F 781
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 13 F 781

Main menu

Pages