Exterior view of stadium built in stages from 1908-09 to 1939 by William Steele & Sons Company., Numbered A-17128 on verso., Also known as Connie Mack Stadium (1953)., Divided back. Post marked 1913., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
c1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Sports - [P.9049.9]
Contains images of "Ye Olde Mint" painted by E. Lamasure. Depicts an exterior view of the first United States Mint at 37-39 North 7th Street, built in 1792. First public building erected by Act of Congress., Numbered 1924 on recto., Divided backs. Text on verso., Accession numbers: (2)1525.F.56b and P.9048.232, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Government buildings - [various]
Exterior view of hotel built in 1912 after designs by Horace Trumbauer. Consisted of 21 stories and 400 guest rooms., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9048.255]
Depicts a "Quick Delivery" truck standing in the middle of the street, the driver napping and the horse eating grass from the street. A cop leans on a lamppost and twirls his nightstick. Children play marbles in the street, and a dog sleeps. The building in the background resembles Independence Hall., Undivided back. Post marked 1915., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Comic - [P.2002.67.21]
Contains images of church built 1855-1859 by John Notman. Includes an exterior view and an interior view of the sanctuary. Horace Wells Sellers built the crypt chapel beneath the apse in 1898 and enlarged the sanctuary in 1908., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.264 and P.9049.92., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]
Contains views of church built in 1846 after designs by John E. Carver and George Gordon Place. Includes exterior views of the church and adjoining burial ground, along with interior views of the nave and sanctuary., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Accession numbers: P.9050.50, P.9050.59 and P.9050.79 - 80., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1905-1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]
Exterior views of the Betsy Ross House built ca. 1740., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Also known as the American Flag House., Accession numbers: P.8712.51, P.9048.241, P.9048.261, P.9049.56 - 59, P.9076.2, P.9105.11 and P.9441.18., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1905-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]