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- Title
- Girard College for Orphans, at Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- View of Girard College at Girard Avenue facing northwest from Corinthian Avenue including Founder’s Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. Shows several figures walking the grounds of the school in addition to street and pedestrian traffic including horse-drawn carriages and coaches, men on horseback, promenaders, and a laborer pushing a hand cart. The college buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 307/308, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 Girard College
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1845]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 Girard College
- Title
- Abm. Miller manufacturer of portable furnaces, cylinders, fire bricks & tile, dentists furnaces . . . superior earthenware etc. Callowhill below Broad St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Philadelphia on Stone, POS 8, Cited by Wainwright as in the collection of Marian S. Carson; given to Library of Congress in 1996; copy unlocated at the Library of Congress., Library of Congress: copy unlocated
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1853]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division W12 [LOC unlocated]
- Title
- Gustavus Bergner's Lager Beer Brewery and vaults situate on the north side of Thompson Street bel. 32nd on the Reading R. R., about 1/2 Mile above Fairmount. Depot: No 239 Dock Str. below 3d. Philadelphia
- Description
- Philadelphia on Stone, POS 336, Cited by Wainwright as in the collection of Marian S. Carson; given to Library of Congress in 1996; copy unlocated at the Library of Congress., Library of Congress: copy unlocated, HSP holds original watercolor.
- Date
- 1857
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division W163 [LOC unlocated]
- Title
- Harrison's Columbian Perfumery. Harrison's Columbia Ink Harrison's Columbian Establishment No. 10 South 7th Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Philadelphia on Stone, POS 343, Cited by Wainwright as in the collection of Marian S. Carson; given to Library of Congress in 1996; copy unlocated at the Library of Congress., Library of Congress: copy unlocated
- Creator
- Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
- Date
- 1853
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division W168 [LOC unlocated]
- Title
- [Philadelphia] P.S. Duval & Co. lith, Phila.]
- Description
- Proof print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Title and publication information from published duplicate., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569, Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia, See published copy DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia
- Title
- Philadelphia
- Description
- Print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Distributor's imprint printed on recto: For Sale by Drovin & Co., 38 S. 3rd Phila., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569.1, Drovin & Co. was a Philadelphia stationery business., Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia, See proof DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia
- Title
- [Mrs. James Queen]
- Description
- Half-length portrait of Sarah Queen (b. ca. 1825), wife of lithographer James Queen, in a seated pose., Not in Wainwright., Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen - 9 prints/10 drawings/1 photo (A size) Mrs. James Queen, Philadelphia on Stone
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen - 9 prints/10 drawings/1 photo (A size) Mrs. James Queen
- Title
- Dr. Roby's Brazilian Hair Curling Liquid. This preparation will cause the hair to curl beautifully, and is warranted not to injure it in the least. Prepared only by Storrs & Co. No. 21, North Sixth Street Philadelphia. For sale here
- Description
- Advertisment showing a waist-length, profile view of a woman with dark, loose-curled hair, draped in a cloth, and looking into a mirror. She also wears an arm band., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 58, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 Dr. Roby
- Date
- c1860
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 Dr. Roby
- Title
- Hibernian Benevolent Institution. Incorporated 1833
- Description
- Certificate for the Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Penny branch of the benevolent society. Contains four vignettes showing the Pennsylvania state seal design; an eagle holding a harp adorned in vinery; a scene including a tree surrounded by symbols of the society; and a sick-bed scene captioned "Benevolence" with a woman attending an ill man as two well-attired gentlemen enter the room., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto before Queen imprint: Designed and, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 110, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Hibernian
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- ca. 1855
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Hibernian
- Title
- French Millinery, Dress & Flower Making Establishment. Madame Petit, between Second and Third, South side, up stairs. No. 70 Chesnut St. Philadelphia. From Paris Where ladies and merchants will always be sure to find a large, handsome and fashionable assortment of flowers, bonnets, caps & fancy articles, of every description, wholesale and retail. Persons traveling will find it greatly to their advantage to call as they can have any number of dressess, bonnets, caps, and flowers, made in twenty-four hours notice. The French and English fashions regularly received
- Description
- Advertisement showing a cloth-draped table with four hat stands adorned with different designs of bonnets. Bonnets include ribbons, flowers,and flower appliques. Feathers and springs of leaves also adorn the table., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript notes on recto: Original., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 85, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 French Millinery
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1845]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 French Millinery
- Title
- [Diploma of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at the annual exhibition held at Powelton, Philadal Sept. 1860]
- Description
- Proof for diploma containing allegorical and agricultural vignettes and scenes. Vignettes show female figures representing spring and fall; a cherubic figure with a cornucopia; and a group of sheep and cows. Scene shows farmers leading an oxen-driven cart piled with hay down a dirt road. A woman and children sit on the mound and a man on horseback leading another horse travels in the background., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: Dear Jim., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 184, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Philadelphia Society
- 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 Philadelphia Society
- Title
- Wagner & McGuigan's steam lithographic printing establishment no. 4 Athenian Buildings, Franklin Place Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing a montage of vignettes related to lithography to promote partners Thomas Wagner and James M'Guigan, who jointly operated a lithographic studio jointly 1846-1858. Vignettes show the exterior of the printing establishment; lithographic artists working on stones propped flat and on an angle; pressmen operating two different types of lithographic presses (one modified with a cylinder that served as a paper feeding device); and the large steam engine that powered the presses. Also shows symbols of patriotism and the trade propped against the base of the steam engine. Includes lithographic stones, an ink roller, a brush, a large stoppered bottle probably representing gum arabic, and American flag and shield., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 115.1, Library of Congress: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1997:105 Wagner & McGuigan, Reproduced and described in Jennifer Ambrose's "Nineteenth Century Advertising Prints," Magazine Antiques (August 2006), pp. 96 & 98., LOC also holds variant state, tinted with one stone under same call number. Variant includes text in tint color: Drawings of Every Description Executed on Stone. Also, Maps, Plans, Certificates, Circulars, &c. Transferring from Steel, Copper & Stone. (POSA 115.2)
- Creator
- Wagner & M'Guigan
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1997:105 Wagner & McGuigan
- Title
- [Shankland's American fashions]
- Description
- Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 27 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows an outdoor setting near a hitching post with eight men, four boys, and a woman. Most of the men wear long coats, top hats, and bow ties. Two men wear hunting outfits accessorized with hunting caps and rifles and one man wears a riding outfit. The boys, three playing with hoops, wear jackets and pants, caps, and hats. One wears long hair. The woman wears a two-piece riding outfit as well as a brimmed hat. Lower panel shows the parlor scene with eight men, four boys, a woman, and a girl. Most of the men, except one in a bed coat and cap, wear suits, with vests and bow ties. A number of them hold top hats. The boys wear suits, jackets and pants, as well as bow ties. The girl wears a Highlands-style dress and jacket and presents a flower to the woman, seated and attired in an evening dress with lace overlay on the bodice, a low neckline, and short sleeves. She also wears a ribbon through her hair. One of the boys and two of the gentlemen hover near her. Furnishings include framed pictures, carpeting, a large bookcase, and a stand draped with a cloth on which the man in bed attire leans. A few of the boy's and men's pants contain plaid patterns and most are tapered. All of the men wear facial hair, including mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Key numbered 1-13 and 14-27 printed below the panels., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 211, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1507e (E size) Fashions 1849
- Date
- c1849
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1507e (E size) Fashions 1849
- Title
- Beauties of social harmony for two or more voices
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing an exterior view showing the Gothic-style hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Also shows pedestrians looking into the storefront windows on the lower level and gentlemen entering the main entryway. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Not in Wainwright., Printed on recto: AE 81., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 34, Library of Congress: PR 13 CN 2001: 068
- Date
- Aug. 17 1856
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PR 13 CN 2001: 068
- Title
- Specimens lithography , engraving and printing establishment of Augustus Kollner, designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix block, corner of Second & Dock streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- Catalog containing specimens, including one plate of vignettes and one plate of banknotes. Vignettes depict "Wingohocking Mills, Frankford, Pa."; "Crane Iron Company"; and the landscape view "Broad Top." Banknotes include vignettes showing the entire complex and a specific building at "R. Garsed & Bro. Wingohocking Mills"; a locomotive; and a sailing ship. Banknote plate also includes a sample of lettering reading "Kensington Bank." Catalog also contains a double-sided page of variant specimen lettering presented as text advertising Kollner to "Druggists, Chemists, Manufacturers and Publishers of Books, Periodicals, Maps, &c." Text promotes his samples of work including, "tasteful labels, showcards, ornamental borders title pages,and business & visiting cards, in handsome of lettering" in addition to his views for Goupil, Vibert & Co and "Large Map of of the City of New York now publishing" (i.e., Dripps map, 1851).Text also promotes transfers from steel and copper plates, and "indefinite number of copies can be struck off at short notice and at very moderate charges.", Not in Wainwright., Cover contains ornamental border., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 89, Library of Congress: NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
- Date
- [ca. 1851]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Title, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Kensington Bank, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Wingohocking Mills, Library of Congress | Prints and Photograph Division LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Druggists Chemists
- Title
- Shankland's American Fashions for the Spring & Summer of 1853, 100 Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Three men in suits, two with top hats and one in a wide-brimmed hat converse near a framed painting. In the center, in front of a draped window, two young boys, one attired in a sack-style jacket, converse and stand near three men attired in suits, one with his back turned. Two of the men wear top hats. To the left, a heavy-set man in a top hat and suit converses with two other gentlemen, one leaning on a stand with a potted plant, in top hats and suits. Lower panel shows an outdoor setting at a lakeside with seven men, two boys, and a woman. Most of the men wear suits, including jackets with tails, top hats, and bow ties. One man wears a wide-brimmed hat. Another man wears a hunting outfit accessorized with a wide-brimmed hat, bag and rifle. The boys, wear suits, one also has a cap, and hold apples. The woman wears a two-piece riding outfit of a fitted jacket, full skirt, and wide-brimmed hat. Many of the men's pants contain patterns, with a number adorned with horizontal stripe designs below the knee and most wear facial hair of mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Other furnishings include carpeting. Figures numbered 1-11, upper panel and 12-24, lower panel., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 215, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1514e (E size) Fashions Spring Summer 1853, LOC copy uncolored.
- Date
- c1853
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1514e (E size) Fashions Spring Summer 1853
- Title
- Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions, for spring & summer 1855. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion advertisement containing two paneled scenes of 22 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and two boys socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boys predominately wear suits, and the woman wears a ruffled layered dress with full skirt and as well as a bonnet. The other male figures wear a bed jacket and cap (man) and a dress with sash over bloomers (boy). A large vanity and two chairs furnish the room decorated with framed paintings, carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before an oceanside. Eight men, including "His Excellency A. Johnson" and "L. Hyneman Proprietor of Masonic Mirror," two boys, and a woman descend upon and stand on the stone pier. Six of the men wear suits, including overcoats. The two other men wear a riding outfit and a hunting outfit, including a rifle. The boys, one in pantaloons playing with a hoop and the other in pants, also were jackets. The woman wears a riding outfit. Most of the men are clean-shaven and all the men in the outdoor scene wear or hold hats., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 162, Library of Congress: LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Fashions Spring Summer 1855
- Date
- c1855
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Fashions Spring Summer 1855
- Title
- Shankland's American fashions for the spring & summer of 1852, 100 Chestnut St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Fashion advertisement containing two panels of 24 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Lower panel shows the parlor scene. Two men in suits, top hats in hand, and one with a cane converse near a mantle lined with books across from two other men, similarly attired, with one showing his back. In the center, two young boys, one attired in a suit and the other in formal knickers, converse and stand near two men attired in suits, one of an evening style. Both men hold top hats, and one showing his back holds a cane. To the left, a man in a bed coat, sits on a chair and reads to two young men attired in suits, as another man in a heavy jacket and cravat stands over his shoulder. Upper panel evokes an outdoor setting with eight men, three boys, and a woman. Most of the men, including a portly gentleman, wear long coats, top hats, cravats, and bow ties. One man wears a hunting outfit accessorized with a bag and rifle. The boys, all shown from the back, wear suits and the woman similarly posed, wears a riding outfit. Many of the men's pants contain striped or plaid patterns and most wear facial hair of mustaches, and/or mutton chops. Other furnishings include drapery, framed pictures, carpeting, and a mantel. Figures numbered 1-11, lower panel and 12-24, upper panel., Not in Wainwright., Artist's signature center left., Copyrighted by John R. Shankland., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 214, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1852 (D size) [P&P]
- Creator
- Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
- Date
- c1852
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Shankland's American fashions...1852 (D size) [P&P]
- Title
- Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer 1854
- Description
- Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 20 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight men, a woman, and a boy socialize in clusters of three and four. The men and boy wear suits, many with paisley-patterned pants, and the woman wears a patterned dress with full skirt and tassels as well as a bonnet. A large mirror on a stand, several chairs, and chaise lounges furnish the room decorated with carpet, drapery, and wallpaper. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene set before "The New Masonic Temple, Chestnut St., Phila." Six men, including clothing store proprietor Francis Mahan, two girls , a boy, and a woman stand on the street block. Four of the men wear suits, including one with an overcoat. Another man, with a girl in a skirt and bloomers standing at his side, wears a hunting oufit and holds a rifle. The woman comprises part of a couple attired in riding outfits who are flanked by a boy dressed in a suit, a girl wearing a skirt and bloomers, and the man with the overcoat. Most of the men wear mutton chops, including three with mustaches., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 546, LOC copy uncolored., Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854
- Date
- c1854
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions (D size) [P&P] Fashions Spring Summer 1854