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Title: Headquarter Infantry Corps National Guards [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing views and vignettes related to the Pennsylvania Militia. Central view shows troops on display in front of their tents at a militia campground. Men and women spectators watch the troops from near the tent of the commander in the foreground. The commander's tent, flanked by guards on foot and horseback, and four other tents, faces away from the troops who stand in formation. Also includes vignettes above, to the sides, and below the certificate text. Top vignette shows an exterior of the National Guards Hall built 1856-1857 at 518-520 Race Street. Troops form lines in front of the building. Vignette is in an oval frame that is partially covered in laurel, and bordered by cannons, swords, a drum, a spy glass, bayonets draped in cloth and adorned with wreaths, and medals. Side vignettes depict National Guard soldiers on stone pedestals. The militia man on the left wears a winter uniform and backpack, holds a rifle, and stands in front of the American flag. The soldier on the right wears a standard uniform, holds a rifle, and stands in front of the flag of the National Guard. Bottom vignette shows an American eagle on a "N.G." shield between female and male classical figures of war, heads down, leaning on shields and flags bordered by cannons and cannon balls. The Pennsylvania Militia, originally organized in 1747, was legally renamed the National Guard of Pennsylvania in 1870., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 346, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 529 R 235
Creator: Rease, W.H, artist
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 529 R 235

Title: West Chester Public School. Sanford Culver, principal
Description: Winter view showing heavy street and pedestrian traffic in front of the school house. On the sidewalk, men shovel snow, boys play, a man tethers his horse, and a cluster of girls walks to school. In the street, two boys with a sled try to hitch a ride at the rear of a moving horse-drawn sleigh and a man on horseback and another in a sleigh stop to talk to a boy and man interrupted from shoveling and sweeping snow. Sheds and smaller buildings, including one with a marker dated "1848" surround the main school building., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 273, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 46 W 522
Creator: Taylor, Charles C., artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 46 W 522

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: Summer luxuries From life, Phila
Description: Book illustration showing a female housekeeper pointing and directing an ice carter who stands at the back of a horse-drawn ice cart with a block of ice in his hand. A row of houses are visible in the background., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 20 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "Summer luxuries" describing how water is delivered to cities, how ice is necessary to cool it, and how ice is distributed. Demonstrates the importance of being prompt: "So we see that in this as in everything else, to accomplish much we must be in season"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 728, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.20, 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 8343.20

Title: The wharf
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a drayman resting against an empty horse-drawn dray as he waits for vessels carrying goods to dock. Includes the healthy, handsome horse at the center of the scene, rows of commercial buildings and sail lofts facing the river (right), a man sitting and waiting on barrels lining the pier (left), and the bare masts of ships already docked (center)., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 33 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "The wharf" describing the activities on piers and wharves when ships come in with goods. Also moralizes that the wharf "is no place for idlers" and warns of the dangers and bad habits learned there., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 834, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.33, 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 8343.33

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 staff of life From life Phila
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a baker driving a horse-drawn cart down the street, which is being swept by a woman in the background. The baker, outfitted in a high hat and frock coat, stands between two bread boxes on the cart. A neat row of homes is visible in the background, along with a man riding horseback., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 49 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "The staff of life" that stresses the importance of punctuality in all areas of life by using the example of the baker who "must be up betimes" to create bread, "the chief article of our food"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 716, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.49, 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 8343.49

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: Keystone Marble Works. S. F. Jacoby & Co., Market St. betw. 20th & 21st Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a montage of 5 views of the marble works established in 1855 at 2025 Market Street. Views are separated by borders comprised of filigree, mantles, and sculpture. Upper view shows the exterior of the three-story L-shaped factory.The factory is adorned with a balcony lined with statues, the roof figure of William Penn, and signage. Marble works, predominately monuments, fill the courtyard across from laborers working with a pile of marble slabs near a horse-drawn cart. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn dray parked near the sidewalk and a couple on horseback, a horse-drawn carriage, a horse-drawn cart, and a laborer pushing a hand-cart in the street. Lower views show the "Cutting Room"; "Saw Room"; "Polishing Room"; and "Show Room." Interior views include laborers at work cutting, polishing, and transporting by hand slabs of marble under the presence of factory managers. Views also show an elegantly-attired couple reviewing mantelpieces in the showroom. Most of the laborers toil at work tables lining the walls. Also contains a vignette depicting the Philadelphia coat of arms., 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 53 1/2. (HSP O 458)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 421, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1981, pg. 51., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 K44., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W213 [P.8691]

Title: Panorama Hill, Hestonville, West Philadelphia This property, embracing over 350 acres, adjoins Hestonville in the 24th Ward, and is distant 3 1/2 miles from Market St. Bridge. It extends from the Lancaster Turnpike to the Monument Road, and it is intersected by the old Lancaster Road, thus having the advantage of three excellent roads. It also has constant communication of passenger rail road. The elevation is 250 feet above tide, the highest ground within an equal distance of the center of the city, of which it commands a splendid panoramic view. The gas has been introduced and the property is well supplied with spring water and possesses all the advantages of the more densely populated wards. For public institutions or elegant residences this locality is unsurpassed
Description: Print containing panoramic views of Panorama Hill in Hestonville, West Philadelphia and "Panorama of Philadelphia as Seen from Panorama Hill." "References" to 32 sites total in both views printed below the images. Central view shows the Pennsylvania Railroad (labeled) cutting through the area that is lined with trees, farmland, and a small number of residences. In the foreground, trains travel in opposite directions on the rail tracks that overpass Old Lancaster Road (labeled). Horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel on Lancaster and under the overpass, cows and horses graze on the hillsides, and the residences of David George (1), Jesse George (2), and Edmund George (3) are visible in the background. Also shows the ravine for a proposed lake (4), the distant steeple of Episcopal Hospital (5), and the toll house (6) on Lancaster Road. Upper view shows the Philadelphia skyline from Panorama Hill. Cows graze in the foreground in front of fenced pastures. In the distant background, steeples and roofs of prominent landmarks, predominately churches, are visible. Includes Girard College (1); House of Refuge (2); Eastern State Penitentiary (3); Shot tower (15); Catholic Cemetery (23); Delaware River (24); Lunatic Asylum (25) and Pennsylvania Railroad (26). Churches include Christ Church (6); St. Peters (12); St. Marks (16); and Trinity Church Maylandville (22). Also contains an inset map showing the property outline between 49th and 56th streets and Haddington and York avenues. Map also includes proposed lake and compass with north pointing left., Manuscript note on recto: Made about 1867., Philadelphia on Stone., POS 539, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., LCP also holds duplicate in very poor condition., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Views (2 copies)
Creator: Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - View [P.2132]

Title: Grand reception ball in full regalia in honor of the Grand Lodge of the United States. I. O. of O. F. [invitation]
Description: Invitation containing a scene of a mother with her children and a border containing Independent Order of Odd Fellows iconography. Scene shows the mother holding a baby in her lap and pointing to a temple in the background. Two sons read books, one on the ground, and the other near her lap. A daughter kneels in front of her and hands her a flower. Border contains vinery, a bee hive, the all-seeing eye, American eagle, a hand with a heart in the palm (charity) above a three-link chain (friendship, love, and truth) in which an ax rests in one of the rings. Text of invitation reads: M.__________ compliments to M.___________ and requests the pleasure of her Company at the Chinese Museum on Thursday Evening September 6th, 1859., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 95, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 D 956c
Date: [1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 61 D 956c

Title: The rag tender From life, Phila
Description: Children's moral instruction book showing three men with their hats dipped low, asleep in a stalled horse-drawn furniture wagon on a pier overlooking the river. The three men are customers of the rag tender, who stands near the cart warning another man to stay away. Another man, presumably down on his luck, leans on a post in the distance., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 28 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "The rag tender" moralizing against the dangers of being "late and unsteady" at work and men who "spend their odd pence for whiskey and cigars". These men end up trading their better clothes to the "rag tender"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 631, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.28, 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 8343.28

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: 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. 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

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