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Title: Views of Ocean Grove, New Jersey
Description: Series of titled views depict Ocean Grove, New Jersey. One image depicts a crowd of men, women and children standing and sitting with parasols on the beach. Swimmers are visible in the ocean in the background. Another view shows Wesley Lake from the southwest at Whitefield Avenue. Includes boats docked and on the lake, nearby buildings, and pedestrians strolling on the narrow boardwalk in the foreground. Another image depicts the town of Ocean Grove from the tower of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Building. The Arlington Hotel (i.e., Arlington House), Day's Ice Cream Garden, and Pilgrim Pathway are visible in the foreground. A flag flies from the top of Sheldon House in the distance background., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso of item P.9022.19: Muschamp, 33., Manuscript note on verso of item P.9022.20: Wesley Lake, Ocean Grove., Orange mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gustavus Pach operated a photographic studio at 841 Broadway in New York City from 1877 to 1881. His brothers Gotthelf & Oscar joined the firm in 1881 and the style changed to G.W. Pach & Brothers.
Creator: Pach, Gustavus, 1848-1904
Date: [ca. 1877]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Pach - Views [P.9022.19-21]

Title: View from Ormston [sic]
Description: Landscape view showing a man sitting in the grass in the foreground looking at the Schuylkill River through the trees from the Ormiston estate in East Fairmount Park. Ormiston, located near the East Park Reservoir, was a farm and place of recreation with extensive orchards., Title printed on label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Views [P.9146.3]

Title: Up the Schuylkill from Sweet Briar walk
Description: Landscape view showing trees that obscure the Schuylkill River in the background., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9058.169]

Title: Views of Chatham Island, South Pacific during United States Transit of Venus expedition
Description: Series of expedition views from photographer William H. Rau's Transit of Venus expedition to Chatham Island in December 1874 depict crude wooden structures in a rural landscape., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on mounts., Orange mounts with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso of item P.9517.1: "Rear view of one observatory", Manuscript note on verso of item P.9517.2: "Cabin built by the wrecked crew of the American whaler "Alabama" 1868"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Philadelphia photographer William H. Rau was included in one of eight observation parties sponsored by the United States government to gather information about the December 8, 1874 Transit of Venus. His party travelled to the Chatham Islands, an archipelago off the coast of New Zealand, to view the astronomical phenomenon, but inclement weather there prevented Rau from collecting decent images of the event.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Views [P.9517.1-2]

Title: American Fall from Canada
Description: Landscape view of American Falls, one of three falls that form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the border of the United States and Canada., Title printed on mount below image., Manuscript note on verso: Thanks Marie I enjoyed the book. Chris., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.8537]

Title: Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1871, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'dg
Description: Series of titled views from Wheeler's United States surveys of the West include, "Grand Cañon, from opposite Diamond Creek," "Middle of Black Cañon," "The Start, Camp Mohave, A.T.," "Mohave Indians; Panambona and Mitiwara," "Camp Big Horn, Black Cañon," "Mohaves Caught Napping," and "Grand Cañon, above Grotto Spring." Images depict mostly landscape views of large rock formations flanking the Colorado River. Views also include Mohave people and men leaving Camp Mohave in boats., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on versos: Bessie & Smith, Media., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., See William Bell's series [66651.D.1-7] of Colorado River and Geological Series for similar views of Wheeler's survey. Bell replaced O'Sullivan in 1872., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Timothy O'Sullivan accompanied George M. Wheeler on his survey of the territories west of the 100th meridian in 1871, 1873 and 1875.
Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - O'Sullivan - Views [66652.D.1-7]

Title: Chestnut Street - east from Continental Hotel
Description: Rooftop view looking east from the Continental Hotel at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. Shows the 800-700 blocks of Chestnut Street, predominately storefronts on the north side, including Sharpless Brothers, wholesale wools & dry goods (801-803 Chestnut); a billiard saloon (N.E. cor. Eighth & Chestnut); the Masonic Temple (built 1855, 713-721 Chestnut); Marxsen & Witte, china and glass (713 Chestnut); and signage attached to a dry goods business advertising a "Grand Closing Sale.", Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Streets [P.8497.3]

Title: Chestnut Street - east from Continental Hotel
Description: Rooftop view looking east from the Continental Hotel at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. Shows the 800-700 blocks of Chestnut Street, predominately storefronts on the north side, including Sharpless Brothers, wholesale wools & dry goods (801-803 Chestnut); a billiard saloon (N.E. cor. Eighth & Chestnut); the Masonic Temple (built 1855, 713-721 Chestnut); Marxsen & Witte, china and glass (713 Chestnut); and signage attached to a dry goods business advertising a "Grand Closing Sale.", Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Streets [P.8497.3]

Title: North from Landsdowne terrace
Description: Landscape view looking north from Landsdowne terrace in West Fairmount Park. Shows trails, pedestrian bridges, and the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company. Also shows a man walking a trail in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks - Fairmount Park [8353.F.8]

Title: North from the summer house
Description: View looking north from a "summer house" near the grounds of Lemon Hill, in East Fairmount Park. Shows two Pennsylvania Railroad bridges - the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway Bridge - spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Connecting Railway Bridge was completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. chief engineer John A. Wilson., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9022.30]

Title: Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. N. [sic] from Lemon Hill
Description: View looking southwest from the Lemon Hill estate showing the top of a floating boat house on the Schuylkill River through the trees., Title from mount and manuscript note on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jim Dallet.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9305]

Title: Chinese gent and lady
Description: Full-length portrait of a Chinese man and Chinese woman seated at a table. In the left, the woman, attired in a decorative headdress and a dress with large, full sleeves, sits on a carved, wooden chair with her feet on a wooden footrest. In the right, the man, attired in a cap, a traditional robe with fur at the cuffs, and cloth slip-on shoes, sits with his legs crossed and faces the viewer. A vase of flowers and possibly a tea set are on a tablecloth-lined table in-between the man and woman., Title from publisher's printed series list on verso with thirty other titled views (No. 1-36)., Date inferred from content., Series number (No. 28) also written in manuscript note on mount below image., Photographer's imprint printed on verso above titled series list., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: S.R. Marrines., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James., Indianapolis photographer D. R. Clark was included in one of eight observation parties sponsored by the United States government to gather information about the December 8, 1874 Transit of Venus. His party traveled to Vladivostock, Russia.
Creator: Clark, D. R., photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Clark - Non-Phila. [P.9299.5]

Title: Money's scarce
Description: Comic genre scene depicting a frowning female proprietor asking for money from a male customer patronizing her rustic tavern. She holds her hand out to the surprised man seated on a barrel and rummaging in his pants pocket. Another male customer points and laughs at the man from behind the slightly ajar tavern door. In the background, patrons smoke long pipes, play cards, and are served below a sign inscribed "Pay to Day & Trust Tomorrow.", Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.13]

Title: Masonic Temple dedication parade, September 26, 1873
Description: Views looking north on Broad Street showing parade participants and spectators on the day of the temple's dedication including partial views of the west front of the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim to accommodate the local lodge's increasing membership. Also shows other buildings and businesses north of the temple on Broad Street, including Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church built 1869-1870 after designs by Addison Hutton. One rooftop view from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts shows a sign on the west side of the block reading "Carriage" (McLear & Kendall's carriage factory) and one for "Convery's Coal Yard" (Alexander Convery & Co.) on the east side of Broad street near Cherry Street., Labels on versos contain printed description and history of Masonic Temple in paragraph form surmounted by a vignette of the state seal of Pennsylvania., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., P.9047.68 and P.9047.70 gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: September 26, 1873
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Processions [P.9047.68; P.9047.70; P.9168.19; P.9260.39-41]

Title: View from Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: Cityscape views looking south across the Schuylkill River from below the Lemon Hill estate showing the Fairmount Waterworks, pavilion on the mound dam, and steamboat landing on the east bank of the river. Also shows the west bank in West Philadelphia and the Wire Bridge at Fairmount in the distant background, built 1842 after designs by Charles Ellet, Jr. The Fairmount Water Works, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded by Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Title printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Parks [P.9168.9], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Bridges [P.2011.47.78]

Title: Looking west [sic] from Colosseum. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Rooftop view looking south from the tower observatory of the Colosseum at the southeast corner of Broad and Locust Streets showing a partial view of the Beth Eden Baptist church built circa 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter; a partially obscured view of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (i.e., Deaf & Dumb Asylum) built 1824-26 after designs by John Haviland; and brick row houses facing Broad Street and Spruce Street. Originally constructed in 1873 in New York City, the Colosseum was dismantled and rebuilt in Philadelphia to exhibit cycloramas during the Centennial celebration in 1876. Removed to Boston in 1883 and stables built on the site by John Wanamaker., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., White mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Walker, Lewis E. (Lewis Emory), 1822-1880
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Walker - Views [P.8452]

Title: Greenwood Cemetery
Description: View showing a man sitting on a bench near a pond and a little girl standing behind him in the cemetery founded in 1838 in Kings County, New York. They look in the direction of the mausoleums and headstones built into the hill in the distance., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Aaron Wunsch., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Cemeteries [P.9963.3]

Title: The fountain, Mount Auburn Cemetery
Description: View shows people walking around the perimeter of a large fountain in the cemetery founded in 1861. Also shows a large sepulchral monument in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Aaron Wunsch.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Cemeteries [P.9963.2]

Title: Bird's eye view of Philadelphia, east from State House steeple
Description: Cityscape view looking northeast from State House (520 Chestnut) showing the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street before construction began on the Provident Life & Trust Company building (401-411 Chestnut) in 1876. Includes Peoples Bank (433-437 Chestnut, i.e., Girard Building, built ca. 1874); Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities (431 Chestnut, built 1871-73, Addison Hutton, architect); Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank (425-429 Chestnut, built 1854-55, John M. Gries, architect); Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut, built 1857-59, John M. Gries, architect); and the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Co. (413-417 Chestnut, built 1873-74, James H. Windrim, architect). Also shows surrounding buildings including the steeple of Christ Church (22-34 North Second Street)., Title printed on mount and in manuscript note on verso of P.2010.6.2., Alternate title on negative of P.9168.17: "East from Sixth and Chestnut"., Photographer's imprint on mounts; in black text on P.2010.6.2 and red text on P.9168.17., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of the city entitled, "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," printed on verso of P.2010.6.2. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One of the images gift of David Doret (P.2010.6.2).
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.2010.6.2 and P.9168.17]

Title: [Stereograph showing the office of the Grand Union Hotel advertising Maine druggists J.H. Irish & Co. on verso]
Description: Interior view of the office of the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. showing two employees at the front desk. An African American man, attired in a suit, stands and leans his left elbow on the desk. A white man, attired in a suit, stands behind the desk with a large book opened in front of him. Architectural details of the large space include columns draped in flower garlands, a tiled floor, and a large clock hanging above the desk. Built originally as Gideon Putnam's tavern and boarding house in 1802, the hotel formed through many expansions and additions. The name of the hotel as it appears on the stereograph was adopted in 1869. Demolished 1852-1853., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Advertisement printed on verso printed by Wm. Miller Co., 57 Cedar, N.Y.: J.H. Irish & Co., druggists and apothecaries, dealers in drugs, medicines, chemicals, fancy and toilet articles, school books, stationery, periodicals, etc., Gorham, Maine. Physicians' prescriptions carefully compounded., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - I [P.9828.6186]

Title: "Domestic" and Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" Fashion Rooms, 1111 Chestnut St., Phila
Description: Depicts the interior of the showroom in which a row of sewing machines; mannequins dressed in womens' and girls' garments; and display cases of thread are on view. Signs advertising Domestic and Grover and Baker sewing machines adorn the back wall. Patriotic bunting lines the crown moulding of the room. Many of the mannequins contain signs incribed, "Please do not handle." Domestic Sewing Machine Company was founded by William S. Mack & Co. and N.S. Perkins in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. Grover & Baker was founded by William Garner and William Baker in 1851 in Boston. Francis M. Johnson operated his showroom at 1111 Chestnut between around 1878 and 1880., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Advertising label pasted on verso: F.M. Johnson, dealer in light running "Domestic" sewing machines, Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" paper fashions, 1111 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Needles, parts and attachments., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Businesses [P.9212.11]

Title: Pavilion, Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View looking northwest from south of the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the peristyle temple (i.e., pavilion) on the old mill house. Also shows the ascending main, installed between 1867-1872 after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr., across the millrace. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Advertisements for six Boston businesses printed on verso, including a piano forte wareroom; perfumery; hat bleachery; children's carriage manufactory; tea store, and the patent medicine, Chester's Cure., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [8353.F.27]

Title: Curiosity
Description: Promotional stereograph depicting a maid servant attending to her young mistress. The servant combs her mistress's hair and glances at a private letter that her lady reads., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Contains advertisements for six "Philadelphia Leading Business Houses" located on Eleventh and Second streets printed on verso. Includes: Isaac Dixson & Son, watches; E. Paul, furniture warerooms and manufactory; P. Kayser, ladies' French boot and shoe maker; R. Ross Baird, men's fine furnishing goods; John M. Salin, hat and cap store; and D. Jarrett Walton, manufacturer and dealer in looking glasses, portraits and picture frames., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., U.S. Stereo. View Advertising Company was managed by Ed Trust.
Creator: U.S. Stereo View Advg. Co.
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9856]

Title: Custom House and Post Office, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Promotional stereograph showing the U.S. Customhouse (1845 to 1935) at 420 Chestnut Street, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, and the U.S. Post Office (1863-1884) at 426-428 Chestnut Street. Customhouse building built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. In the foreground, street work is visible near three horse-drawn carts and wagons., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Contains advertisements for six Boston businesses, including a piano showroom, perfumery, ladies hat bleachery, children's carriage manufacturer, a tea company, and William E. Chester, patent medicine dealer, printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [8353.F.26]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. Her head is tilted to the left and resting on her hand. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9002.3]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9002.2]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. She holds her head in her hand and looks slightly right. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9573.28-2]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: Promotional copy stereograph of a view looking east from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the decorative distribution arch, built in 1860, and the Italianate standpipe, built in 1852, on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the inclined walkways on the hill and a partial view of the rear terrace of the old mill house in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Advertisement printed on verso promoting seven "Philadelphia Leading Business Houses," including Hemphill & Ziegler, commercial printers (10th & Market); H. Schaeffer, merchant tailor (16 N. 11th & 18 N. 13th); Henry Veit's, ice cream saloon and fancy cake bakery, fine confections, & c. (34 N. 11th); Edward Mullin, fashonable boot and shoe maker (416 N. 10th); R.G. Alford, building and house-furnishing hardware (2141 Callowhill); J.C. McNelly, gents' furnishing goods (2014 Callowhill); and William Leopold, manufacturer of fine segars (2002 Callowhill)., Manuscript note by one of advertisers on mount: Presented by R.G. Alford., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9002.1]

Title: Main building, International Exhibition. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 1876
Description: Photograph of a lithograph showing the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson for the Centennial fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes., Title from inscription on print., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.9299.30]

Title: Railroad bridge Girard Ave. looking S.E
Description: Depicts a segment of the wrought-iron railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River completed after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims in 1874. The bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. In the distant background, Callowhill Street Bridge and downtown Philadelphia are visible., Title from manuscript note on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.78]

Title: Colossal hand and torch "Liberty".
Description: Free-standing hand and torch from the Statue of Liberty mounted on subscription kiosk. A small crowd at the base of structure and two men at the hilt of the torch. In background is New York 'Tribune' Building, Women's Pavilion, and Drinking Fountain. The 'Liberty' hand and torch was designed by Fridiric Bartholdi; the Drinking Fountain was erected by the Sons of Temperance of Pennsylvania.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9260.45]

Title: Victoria Court, Australian section - Main Building.
Description: View of Victorian Court within Australian exhibit in Main Building. Depicts statue of Lynceus and Hypermenstra.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.8975.9]

Title: New Hampshire State Building.
Description: Exterior view of the New Hampshire State Building with trails and paths in front.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.168]

Title: Women's Pavilion.
Description: Exterior view of front of building including a portion of the grounds. Depicts gardens, grass, shrubs, urns, and two women and one man standing on walkways.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9734.10]

Title: Centennial grounds, looking east.
Description: View of Centennial grounds with the lake and several buildings, including the Main Building, Machinery Hall, the Pennsylvania State Building, visible. In the foreground is a cart with a tower topped by a flag. Two men on platform at top of tower, one man climbing up the tower, and three seated on the cart.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.177]

Title: Horticultural Building - portico.
Description: The portico of the Horticultural Building.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9600.4]

Title: Horticultural Hall.
Description: Exterior view of building from the southeast including a portion of the grounds. Depicts gardens, grass, shrubs, trees, benches, and walkways.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9260.49]

Title: Horticultural Hall interior from west end.
Description: Interior of the building with chandeliers and Foley's Fountain, surrounded by flora and urn-lined walks. Exhibit title: Foley, Margaret A., Rome, Exhibit #1, Horticultural Hall, Bldg. #151.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9734.8]

Title: Horticultural Hall - East Front.
Description: Exterior of Horticultural Hall with the Mott fountain in front. Sculptures of children, angels, and women decorate the fountain.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9580.6]

Title: Birdseye view from Main Building.
Description: Architects: Judge's Pavillion, Bldg. #109 - H.J. Schwarzmann, Hugh Kafka; World's Ticket Office, Bldg. #84 - H.J. Schwarzmann, Hugh Kafka; Centennial Photographic Association Building, Bldg. #110 - H.J. Schwarzmann. Overview of exhibition grounds, with railroad, buildings, and people visible. In the center is a lake. Flags top most buildings.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9573.28]

Title: Main Building, from southwest looking northwest.
Description: Interior view of the main building from the southwest looking northwest. The view looks from the German exhibit towards Great Britain and Ireland. Depicts merchandise displays including Elberfeld, Exhibit #201, Gebhard & Co., John S. Brown & Sons, Belfast, Exhibit #19.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.8975.8]

Title: "Old Abe", Wisconsin Eagle.
Description: Display of "Old Abe", a Wisconsin Eagle, housed in an annex north of the Wisconsin State Building. Lithograph caption: "North of this building is an annex intended for special display of the productions of Wisconsin. It contains specimens of the ores, minerals, stone and woods of the State. Over this collection presides the war-eagle 'Old Abe,' a bird which can boast of a biography the particulars of which some of the 'Badger State' attendants will be glad to relate."
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.169]

Title: New England Glass Company's exhibit - Main Building.
Description: Collection of glass ware, including bottles, decanters, glasses, and a table chandelier. Exhibit title: New England Glass Co., East Cambridge, Mass., Exhibit #274, Main Exhibition Building, Bldg. #1.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.176]

Title: State buildings, "New Hampshire Day".
Description: Four state buildings, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Michigan, in the background. Connecticut Building -- D.R. Brown, from a design by Donald G. Mitchell. In the foreground are roads filled with people, and railroad tracks.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.178]

Title: The American Volunteer (granite statue).
Description: Statue of American volunteer soldier in front of Main Building. Exhibit title: 'The American soldier', Exhibit #24, Exhibitors: New England Granite Company, Hartford, Conn.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.172]

Title: Guns in front of Government Building.
Description: View facing west from rear of U.S. Government Building. Depicts several large guns and railroad in the background.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.165]

Title: Machinery Hall - South Avenue looking east.
Description: Interior overview of South Avenue in Machinery Hall. Depicts various machines and steam engines. Exhibit titles: Lovegrove & Co., Phila., Pa., Exhibit #588; Charles P. Gladwin, Phila., Pa., Exhibit #596, machinery hall, Bldg.#2.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.171]

Title: Bird's eye view of grounds from reservoir.
Description: Aerial view of the exhibition from the reservoir. Architects: Michigan State Building - N/A; New Hampshire State Building - N/A; Connecticut State Building - D.R. Brown, from a design by Donald G. Mitchell; Massachusetts State Building - N/A; Delaware State Building - E.L. Rice Jr.; Maryland State Building - George A. Frederick; U.S. Government Building - James H. Windrim; Main Exhibition Building - Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wilson; Machinery Hall - Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wilson.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9260.47]

Title: Vermont State Building.
Description: Exterior view of the front of the building. Depicts shrubs, walkways and street lamp.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9229.6]

Title: Logan House Porch, Altoona
Description: Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Men sit and stand on the porch of the four-story Logan House hotel, built 1852-53 by Pennsylvania Railroad carpenter foreman Thomas Burchinell. The hotel closed in 1927 and was converted to a post office in the early 1930s.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer., creator
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.107]

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