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Description: Portrait of a seated older woman resting her arm on a table. She wears a lace bonnet, a dress with a lace collar, a fringed shawl held together by a brooch and gloves. Eliza M. Young McAllister (1790-1853) married John McAllister (1786-1877) in 1811., Title from accompanying ms. note on paper., Pad: Red velvet embossed Root's Gallery 140 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Plain octagonal., Case: Leather. Floral and grape design. No design on verso. Attached to case is ms. note on paper: Mrs. E. Y. McAllister, 1851/62.

Title: Abraham Henry Jones, born Feb. 14, 1823, died Oct. 6, 1884
Description: Portrait of Jones, a Salem County, N.J. famer, as a young man. He is wearing a wide black tie and a white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Date inferred from photographer's years of operation at address in imprint stamped on mat., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: W.L. Germon 168 Chest St Phila., Case: Leather. Small vase of flowers in the center surrounded by ornate decorations. The design of the case is called Flower Vase Motif and is plate 146 in American Miniature Cast Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersy: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969) Very rare, ca. 1852. The die-engraver's name is below the design in reverse, and reads A[nthony] C. Paquet. Geometric design on verso., Accompanied by paper label identifying sitter. See Jones Research File (Collection) and Board Report, September 16, 1997., LCP purchase.
Creator: Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Germon [P.9530]

Title: Anna Jaudon Lea, 1824-1912 with Francis Carey Lea and Charles M. Lea
Description: Portrait showing Anna Jaudon Lea, hair parted in the middle, wearing a white cap, seated, and holding her two children on her lap. One child is resting his head against her shoulder., Pad: Burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Within a scrolled border is a spray of flowers (lilies?) and leaves. On the back is a vertical design with six rounded corners in the center of which is a design of three small interlocking images., Anna Caroline Jaudon married Henry Charles Lea, May 27, 1850., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.6]

Title: [Anna Lea Bakewell as a girl.]
Description: Young Anna Lea Bakewell is sitting sideways on a chair, facing to her right. She wears a woolen cloak. Her hair is parted in the middle. Hand colored pink on cheeks, and hand coloring on her cloak., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design with fancy swirls., Mat: Curved oval., Case: Leather. A small spray of flowers is in an oval bordered by a curved oval. Scrolls all around. Same design on back., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.7]

Title: [Anna Lea Bakewell as a young child.]
Description: Seated portrait. Her hair is cropped short. She wears a plaid dress. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Spray of flowers in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Small urn on a pedestal in the center surrounded by ornate scrolls and swirls., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.3]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a boy. He wears his hair long and tucked behind his ears. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Plate tarnished around the edges., Pad: Red velvet with no design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. A. Root, 40 Chestnut St., Philada., Case: Leather. Geometric pattern. Same design on verso. Front cover detached., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.3]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a young man. He wears his hair long, swept over, and with a side part. He also has a mustache. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Pad: Red velvet with scroll design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. Scroll pattern in center. Framed above and below by a border pattern with a scroll design. Same design on verso. Front cover detached., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.4]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a young man. He wears his hair long, swept over, and with a side part. He also has a mustache. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Pad: No pad., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: No case. Two of four preservers detached., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), 1810-1880, photographer
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.5]

Title: A.V. Burlingame
Description: Bust-length portrait of the Massachusetts congressman and abolitionist. Burlingame, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, sits facing slightly right. Burlingame was challenged to a duel by Southern Senator Preston Brooks after denouncing Brook's violent attack of antislavery Senator, Charles Sumner, in Congress in 1856., Possibly by Mathew B. Brady., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date inferred from photographic medium., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Burlingame [(1)5750.F.63h]

Title: [Balding man, possibly Frederick Klett, Jr.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks. Possibly Frederick Klett, Jr., partner in Potts & Kletts of Camden, N.J. Kletts was the son of Frederick Klett, a founder of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded velvet, embossed Bailey 198 Chesnut St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a double oval. Same design on verso.
Creator: Bailey, Jason, fl. 1853-1855, photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9956.1]

Title: [Benjamin F. Butler]
Description: Reproduction of a bust-length portrait print of the Massachusetts Governor, abolitionist legislator, and Civil War Major General. Butler, attired in uniform, sits facing slightly left. As commander of Fort Monroe, Virginia, he declared freedom seekers as "contraband of war," providing the impetus for Congress to enact the Confiscation Act of 1861., Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on depicted age of the sitter., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits- sitter - Butler [P.2282.107]

Title: [Bootmaker with a boot on the table beside him.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Embossed in center Reimer 617 N. 2nd St. Philada. Fancy scroll work all around., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center surrounded by fancy scrolls and swirls. Same design on verso.
Creator: Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2003.23]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of a seated, white man. Sitter has dark hair, parted to the side and brushed back, and wears a mustache. He is attired in a white shirt with a high collar, a wide bowtie, a patterned waistcoat, and a jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and address of photographer and dates of operation., Pad: Orange velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Chas. M. Ising Dag’ps. S.W. Cor. Of 8th & Arch Sts. Philada.” in the center and within an ornamental frame containing decorative flowers and leaves., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Cluster of grapes and other fruits, including a strawberry and pomegranate. Decorative leaves are in each corner. Same design on verso., Charles M. Ising operated from 8th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia between 1856 and 1857.
Creator: Ising, Charles M., photographer
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Ising [P.2011.33]

Title: [Caroline Wood, 1838-1857]
Description: Wood's hair is parted in the middle with long curls at each side of her face. She is wearing a big white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. S. Broadbent stamped in lower left corner., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.20]

Title: [Caroline Wood in a plaid dress with scalloped white collar and a brooch.]
Description: Copy photograph. Detail of full plate portrait of Caroline with her two sisters, Mary and Julianna (see P.8926.21) in reverse. Very pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.21]

Title: [Charles W. Gettz seated at table with one hand supporting his head.]
Description: Portrait of a seated young man resting one hand on his hand-painted pink cheek. His elbow is on a book placed on the nearby table. His other hand rests in his lap. Philadelphia city directories list Charles Getz as a farmer or gardener., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top of sun. Embossed within two concentric circles forming the core of the sun: Evans 380 Market St. Girard Row. Original Sun Beam., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in an octagonal border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses, variant and is plate 127 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1857. No design on verso.
Creator: Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.1]]

Title: [Charlotte Conarroe and her daughter Ellen.]
Description: Charlotte is sitting facing slightly to her right, her left hand holding a book on her lap. Her daughter Ellen is leaning into Charlotte, her left hand raised to her cheek., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, photographer's imprint embossed in the center: Richards, 179 Chesnut St., Philada. Scrolled border., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. A grape vine with two birds, one perched on a bough, the other flying toward the vine. Modified nonpareil border. No design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file. See also Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), pg. 226 and fig. 37., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.4]

Title: [Charlotte Conarroe, b. 1804]
Description: Conarroe is sitting sideways facing right. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back, with curls hanging down on the sides. She is wearing lace gloves and her left arm is resting on a table with a patterned tablecloth. A book and a beaded purse (?) rest on the table beside her., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk., Mat: Ornamented octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in a square border. The design of the case is called The Delicate Roses, variant and is plate 124 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Generally produced in large quantity, circa 1845. Same design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.5]

Title: Daughter of William & Mary (Phillips) Hill
Description: A sweet faced young woman, hair parted in the middle, is wearing a lace collar with a cameo at the center. Her left arm is resting on a table, her right arm is on her lap. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet. Floral spray in center, scroll work all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Bell & Clayton, Phil'a., Case: Leather. A double circle is in the center; half circles are at the top and bottom and on either side. Same design on verso.
Creator: Bell & Clayton, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8496.5]

Title: [Double image of the Magee Family posed in front of and in back of Magee Farm in Marcus Hook.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval, Case: Leather. In a scalloped oval, within a larger oval, are several bunches of grapes. Scrolled border. Same design on back., Accompanied by manuscript note: Ambrotype of the farm at Marcus Hook known as the 'Magee Farm' taken by James F. Magee [on] Saturday, August 13th 1859., See Magee research file for biographical information about James F. Magee. Also see Board report dated April 29, 2002 regarding the aquisition of these ambrotypes.
Creator: Magee, James Francis, 1834-1903, photographer
Date: August 13, 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2002.22a&b]

Title: [Double portrait of two young siblings, Anna and George Henry Lea.]
Description: Double images. On the left, George Henry Lea, age 4 years and 9 months, hair parted low on the left side. On the right, Anna Lea (later Bakewell), age 9 years and 7 months, hair parted in the middle with big ribbons on each side. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks of both children., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854. Inscribed in mat: Feb. 1858., Case: Leather. No design., Small slip of paper inside case identifying the date and ages of the children. See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: February or March 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.9a&b]

Title: [Double portraits of unidentified couple.]
Description: On the left a rather stern looking man, on the right a woman wearing a white cap and a shawl., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Gutekunst & Bro. Patented July 4 & 11 '54., Case: Double ambrotype case. Leather with a single large clasp. No design.
Creator: Gutekunst & Bro., photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8711]

Title: Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh
Description: Group portrait of four men including Samuel H. Porter, a Philadelphia doctor. Two of the men stand in the middle with the others seated on chairs on either side., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan 120 Arch St. Phila. Geometric border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design with an ornate nonpareil-like design in the center surrounded by vertical lines and a scrolled border. A different geometric design on verso., Manuscript note behind the image identifies the sitters as Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9560.2]

Title: [Edward Randolph Wood, b. 1840]
Description: Depicts Wood as a young man, wearing a big black bow tie. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on left bottom corner: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.18]

Title: Elizabeth Swift Nixon
Description: Seated portrait of the photographer's sister resting her right elbow on a column. Her right hand is touching her cheek., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed : H. B. Swift, No. 312 Market Street., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Mixed flower design in a modified oval. Geometric design on verso., Accompanied by manuscript note: Great aunt Elizabeth Swift Nixon, wife of Rev. Henry Nixon & sister of H.B. Swift. Elizabeth Swift married Henry Nixon in 1852., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.3]

Title: [E.O. Craven as a child, holding a basket of flowers.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, embossed "Ennis Gallery 106 Chestnut St. Philadelphia.", Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. One rose and one bud in a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: Ennis, Thomas L., photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8379.F]

Title: Frances Anne Carey (Mrs. Isaac Lea), 1799-1874
Description: Bust-length portrait of Frances Anne Carey, her face framed in a large lace cap tied under her chin. She has a slight smile on her face, and is looking straight ahead., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. A. Root, Phila., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.2]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified older woman seated in a wheelchair]
Description: Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified older white woman, seated in a wheelchair positioned at a slight angle. Sitter has gray hair parted in the center and is attired in a dark-colored lace cap with lappets and a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with a white collar. Her cheeks are tinted pink. She holds a book, with the spine towards the viewer, in her right hand on her lap. Her left arm is propped on the armrest. A small pouch-like bag hangs from the corner of the back of the wheelchair visible in the left of the image. The chair back is covered with a patterned cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet with a leaf in the center and decorative scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and leaf pattern in the center with leaves in the corners. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo –unid sitter - ambro [P.2021.31]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified, seated boy]
Description: Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white boy seated on a chair. Sitter has short hair parted and combed to the left. He is attired in a three-quarter length, checked shirt with gold buttons down the center, pants, white socks, and lace-up boots. He sits on a wooden chair and holds a book in both hands on his lap. Gilt is applied to the pictorial detail of the book. His cheeks are tinted pink. In the right background is a side table covered with a dark-colored tablecloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Gilt on sitter’s buttons and book., Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers in the center surrounded by a border of decorative scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in an oval surrounded by leaves. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2012.68]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified, seated girl]
Description: Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white girl seated on a chair. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with a curl on her forehead. She is attired in an off-the shoulder, boat neckline, short-sleeved dress with decorative swirls around the collar and cuffs, a necklace, white stockings, and black Mary Jane shoes. She sits on a child-sized, wooden chair with her left arm on the armrest and curled right hand, slightly clenched, resting on her lap. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Pad: Red velvet with a diamond-shaped, decorative scroll in the center., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. The design of the case is called the Oval, Diamond and Circle and is plate 198 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Uncommon., Gift of Robert DeMento, 2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2012.50]

Title: George English, grandfather of Annie E. Powell & great-great grandfather of Edgar W. Powell, Jr
Description: Seated, waist-length portrait of a middle-aged man resting one arm on a table. His body faces right, but his head is turned to look directly at the camera. He wears a jacket, vest, high-necked shirt, and checked trousers. In Philadelphia city directories in the early 1850s, the sitter, George English, was listed as a bricklayer., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet. Eagle in the center. Embossed: T. H. Newcomer, 316 N. Second St. Phila., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. One rose and several other flowers within a modified square border. No design on verso., Title from accompanying manuscript note.
Creator: Newcomer, T. H., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9669.16]

Title: [George Henry Lea as a very young boy]
Description: Copy photograph of Richardson ambrotype portrait of Lea (see 8326.F.10). Portrait is reversed with edges of the original mat visible in the image., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Uncased., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Richardson, V. L., photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.11]

Title: [George Henry Lea as a very young boy]
Description: Bust length portrait of a bare shouldered Lea. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design in center, scrolls all around., Mat: Oval. Stamped: Ambrotype by V. L. Richardson., Case: Leather. Geometric design. Modified octagon surrounding a four sided figure. Scrolls all around. Same design on verso., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Richardson, V. L., photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.10]

Title: [George M. Conarroe, 1831-1896.]
Description: Portrait of Conarroe with small mustache and small goatee. Hair curling on the side., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Gutekunst & Bro., 164 Arch St. Patented July 4 & 11 54., Case: Leather. Geometric design. Two concentric scalloped ovals. Same design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Gutekunst & Bro., photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.6]

Title: [George Washington Conarroe, 1803-1882 or 4]
Description: Portrait depicting Conarroe in profile., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Large spray of flowers in the center. Geometric border all around., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a modified nonpareil border. No design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file. See also Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), fig. 38., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.2 ]

Title: [George Washington Conarroe, 1803-1882 or 4]
Description: Portrait of a mature Conarroe looking slightly to his left. He has frown marks on his forehead., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Photographer's embossed imprint in the center is torn and illegible. Geometric border all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint embossed on pad: Richards 179 Chestnut St. Philada., Case: Leather. Large spray of flowers within an octagonal border. No design on verso., Conarroe was a Philadelphia portrait and genre painter. See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.1]

Title: Gilbert C. Pryor about 1856
Description: Waist-length portrait of Philadelphia merchant, Gilbert Pryor, facing slightly to the right. He wears a jacket, high-collared shirt, and wide necktie. At the time of this portrait, Pryor worked on North Front Street. He had lived in Philadelphia for over twenty years pursuing work as varied as tailor, clerk, and accountant. Pryor does not appear in Philadelphia city directories after 1855., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet; Urn of leaves in center. scroll work all around. Embossed: Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers with one rose in center within a double elliptical border. Geometric design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Gilbert C. Pryor about 1856.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9643.1]

Title: Grandma Sailer
Description: Possibly Elizabeth Carson Sailer. Wearing a full skirted checked dress, Grandma Sailer is sitting primly with her right arm resting on a table and her left arm in her lap., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet with fancy border. Embossed in center Reimer 617 N. 2nd St., Philada., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Three concentric circles with geometric border. Same design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Grandma Sailer., See Hormann collection folder.
Creator: Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9470.28]

Title: [Half-length length portrait of two young white men]
Description: Half-length portrait of two young white men seated and facing the viewer. In the left, the man has rosy cheeks and long, upswept dark colored hair and is attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat with a watch chain that has a cross, a jacket, and pants. He rests his lightly close-fisted right hand on his knee while his left arm is draped behind the other man. In the right, the man has rosy cheeks and long, brush-backed, dark colored hair and is attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat with a watch chain, a jacket, and pants. He rests his slightly curled hands on his lap., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and address of photographer and dates of operation., Pink tinting on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Van Loan Gallery, 159 Chesnut St., Philada” in the center and within an ornamental frame composed of filigree scrolls., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. The design of the case is called the Bird and the Grape Vine and is plate 89 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity. Geometric Celtic design on verso., Contains weeping glass deterioration., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished., Gift of Jane Hastings, 2011., Samuel Van Loan operated from 159 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia between 1852 to 1853.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: [ca. 1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Van Loan [P.2011.56.2]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man, posed slightly toward the left. Sitter has dark hair combed to the right and wears a chinbeard. He is attired in a white collared shirt and a dark-colored bowtie and jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Gift of Michael Zinman, 2016., Pad: Red velvet with a decorative scroll in the center., Mat: Oval., Case: Case is shaped like a book with gilt edges and a spine labeled “Memorial.” Papier-mache, black lacquer with a spray of flowers made of mother of pearl inlay. Verso is black lacquer., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2016.86]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of a white man. Sitter has dark hair, parted to the right, and pink tinting on his lips and cheeks. He is attired in a white shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat, and a jacket. His slightly curled right hand rests on his leg. His left arm and hand rest on a side table in the right., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of photographer at address in photographer’s imprint., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Gift of David Doret., Pad: Brown velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Willard, No. 1628 Market St.” in the center., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Mother of pearl inlay in a geometric design in the center. Some pieces of inlay lacking. No design on verso., Oliver H. Willard operated from No. 1628 Market Street, Philadelphia between 1858 and 1860.
Creator: Willard, Oliver H., -1875, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2021.34.2]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with buttons down the bodice and a white collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink. She is seated and holds a book labeled, Message and Documents 1857-8 Part 1 (i.e., Congressional documents), on her lap with her right hand. She crosses her left arm over her right and rests her left hand on her right wrist., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Cased image accompanied by a lock of hair and four feathers from an Amazon parrot., Gift of Ivan Jurin, 2022., Pad: Red velvet with flowers within a decorative scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and scroll pattern in the center with leaves in the corners. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2022.29.1-1a]

Title: [Hannah T. White and baby]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Within an oval is an interlocking geometric design.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.4]

Title: Henry Charles Lea, 1825-1909
Description: Facing very slightly right is young, handsome Henry Charles Lea. His long hair, parted on the side, frames his face. Pale hand-colored pink on his cheeks., Pad: Burgundy velvet, No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. The design is three concentric circles. A cross is in the smallest circle., Included in the case is a lock of Henry Charles Lea's hair., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.10]

Title: John Gummere
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with green geometric design in center., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees, Phila., Case: Thermoplastic. Design of beehive and farm implements. This design is similar to #I-90 and #I-91, Beehive, Farm Motif, in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647: Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) Same design on verso. Manuscript note on recto identifies the sitter: John Gummere.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9208.8]

Title: [Joseph Morgan Eldridge, 1787-1859]
Description: Portrait of an elderly Eldridge with long white whiskers, head tilted slightly to his right. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Removed from frame. Gold gilt wooden oval. No design., Joseph Morgan Eldridge was Sewell Biggs' great-great- grandfather. Mr. Biggs also donated an original manuscript documenting Eldridge's indenture, at the age of six, to James Molony, a Philadelphia currier, in September, 1804. See Board Report of January 20, 1998., Gift of Sewell C. Biggs, December 12, 1997.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9565.1]

Title: Joseph or William Francis
Description: Seated portrait of either young Joseph or William Francis. His left arm is resting on a table, and his right arm is on his lap., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet., Mat: Double elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. 250 Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854., Case: Leather. Small urn with flowers in center. No design on verso. Manuscript note pasted on verso: Joseph or William Francis.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8639]

Title: [Julianna Randolph, b. 1794]
Description: Seated portrait of a matronly Randolph wearing a black taffeta dress with a tight fitting bodice and a white scarf. She is also wearing white gloves. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed: Willard 120 W. Market St. 8 Doors E. Schl. 6th St. [i.e. 17th St.], Mat: Modified non pareil., Case: Leather. In a circle in the center are grapes and other fruits, surrounded by a six pointed star. Same design on verso., Julianna Randolph was the aunt of Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885. See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator: Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.9]

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood and another unidentified woman with album.]
Description: Both women are seated at a table with their hands on an open large album. Wood is wearing a dark dress with a white collar and cuffs and a white lace cap. The other woman is resting her chin on her right hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded and torn red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design on front or back., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family. Probably taken at the same time as P.8926.6.
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.11]

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood holding her baby son Stuart.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., Manuscript note in case reads "As you think about making this a little larger Mother & baby." Proably taken at the same time as P.8926.11., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date: 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.6]

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