Depicts damage after windstorm in Tacony Ballpark showing poles toppled over and tilting, debris scattered and remains of an unidentified structure near a streetcar. Also includes people assessing damage., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Disasters - [P.9933.15]
Depicts a small brick building sitting on a hill on the grounds of Fort Morris in Shippensbrug, Pa., Numbered 121 on recto., Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Military - [P.8674.2]
Exterior view of side of Germantown fire station facing Carpenter's Lane, showing three fire fighters sitting on a bench., Sheet number: 100B03., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1913., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]
Depicts a car parked in front of The Kenwood, a mental sanatorium in Chestnut Hill. The building in the foreground was constructed in 1884 after designs by George Simpson. This newer building sits adjacent to the original house on the property (left), built circa 1860 as a private residence, then altered to The Eldon Hotel, one of three resort hotels in Chestnut Hill. The hotel occupied the property until 1910, when it was converted to the Kenwood mental sanatorium., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1912., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hospitals, asylums and homes - [P.9933.11]
Depicts county fair buildings and activities including the Women's Building, Crane's Ice Cream stand, Crackerjack the Mexican or Sealskin Horse and a station for automobile maintenance., Philadelphia County Fair started at Byberry circa 1912 and continued until the late 1920s. Located on the south side of Byberry Road, west of the Boulevard and the Short Line Railroad behind the old Somerton Fire house. See Harry Silcox, Historical Northeast Philadelphia: Stories and Memories., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Events - [P.9933.10]
Exterior view of the front facade of the Settlement Music School. Includes a view of a party at the school, with a policeman wearing a basket hat in the foreground., Moved into Queen Street building in 1917., Sheet number: 138B19., Undivided backs. AZO stamp boxes with upward pointing triangles in corners., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1917
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Depicts a partial view of the Glenwood School at the northwest corner of 30th and Gordon Streets. Includes views of row homes west of the school on Gordon Street and a partial view of a corner store at the southwest corner., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1912., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
