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Title: View at Landsdowne
Description: View looking from Landsdowne (i.e., Lansdowne) in West Fairmount Park. Shows the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in the far left background. Also shows a man standing in a field by a fence in the foreground and a pedestrian walkover bridge in the center of the image. 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., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Description of "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks - Fairmount Park [P.8923.9]

Title: Falls Village
Description: View looking through an arch of the Old Falls Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River showing Falls Village (East Falls) at the Falls of Schuylkill. The village, established in the latter 18th century around a private fishing club, evolved into a mill town in the 19th century, and was incorporated into Philadelphia in 1854. The Old Falls Bridge, also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge, was erected in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Date from manuscript note on verso., Reissue of a circa 1868 view entitled "Falls Village, Schuylkill River" by Bartlett & French of Philadelphia. [P.8484.1]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: July 8, 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Woodward - Bridges [P.9007.3]

Title: Eagle cliff
Description: View showing Eagle cliff near the old Girard Avenue Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Also shows a man standing on the riverbank in the foreground and buildings in the background. The bridge, built in 1855, was razed circa 1871 and replaced., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Date from manuscript note on verso., Woodward, proprietor of the Fine Art Depot in Rochester, was a major publisher of stereoviews during the 1870s., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Woodward, Charles Warren, 1836-1894
Date: [ca. 1870], May 29, 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Woodward - Bridges [P.9007.2]

Title: River scene from Girard Avenue
Description: River view looking through an arch of the Old Girard Avenue Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The bridge, completed in 1855, was razed circa 1871 and replaced. Shows cliffs near the riverbank., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., 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 [8353.F.4]

Title: Pavillion [sic] & flood gates
Description: View looking south from the forebay of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the floodgates also known as the race bridge; the peristyle temple (i.e. pavilion) on the altered old mill house; and the old engine house converted to an ice cream saloon. Signage advertising "Ice Cream and Refreshments" adorns the saloon. Also shows women and children standing by the balustrades above the flood gates. 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., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: L. Carty, Jr., Sole Agent, 921 Spring Garden St., Phila., Gift of Francis Dallett., Lewis Carty operated a stationery business in Philadelphia at 921 Spring Garden Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Public Utilities [P.9148.3]

Title: River scene
Description: View showing the Schuylkill River near the terrace of the new mill house at the Fairmount Water Works. Also shows a decorative urn near an ornamental railing in the foreground and the Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club boathouse (built in 1860 after designs by James C. Sidney) lining the riverbank in the far right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822, were expanded in 1862 to include a new mill house built after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Description of "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9212.14]

Title: The Wissahickon at the mouth
Description: View showing the Norristown Railroad Bridge and the Ridge Avenue Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The new permanent Norristown Railroad Bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was under the early stages of construction in 1874 by its new owners, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, when due to budgetary constraints, the construction was halted and later completed 1881-1882. Also shows a man rowing a boat on the creek., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: Muschaux No. 22., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9022.29]

Title: Elevated railway, 42nd Street
Description: View looking west from the railway station over 42nd Street showing the elevated railroad tracks constructed past the Grand Central Depot (built 1871, remodeled 1913) visible in the far right background. The railway, established in 1868, was extended to the depot in 1878. The tracks pass several buildings and businesses including the Grand Union Hotel and Restaurant; a wallpaper manufactory; and Murtaugh's dumbwaiter manufactory., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization 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 - unid. - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.24]

Title: Shipping scene
Description: View depicting a congested scene of several closely docked sloops and shipping boats., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization 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 - unid. - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.22]

Title: Eagle house
Description: View showing the eagle exhibition at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.18]

Title: The bear pits, looking south
Description: View showing the grounds of the Philadelphia zoo including the bear pits., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.3]

Title: "Solitude," (Penn Villa.)
Description: Exterior view of Solitude, home built 1784-5 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. Located on the grounds of the Philadelphia zoo, W. Girard Ave. and North 34th Street., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.19]

Title: The aviary
Description: Exterior view of the bird house at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.5]

Title: Vicuna, (Lama, Vicugna.)
Description: Depicts two llamas in their holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.2]

Title: Vicuna, (Lama, Vicugna.)
Description: Depicts two llamas in their holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on duplicate P.9119.2., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.8483.3]

Title: Giraffe, (camelopardalis giraffa)
Description: Depicts a giraffe in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - Zoo [P.9119.17]

Title: [Grey wolf, (canus occidentalis)]
Description: Depicts a wolf in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.8483.2]

Title: Bruchall's zebra
Description: Depicts a zebra in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.14]

Title: "Solitude," from the bear pits
Description: View of the grounds of the Philadelphia zoo including "Solitude" home of John Penn, built 1784-5., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the Library of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.6]

Title: The monkey house from the south
Description: Depicts the grounds of the Philadelphia zoo including an exterior view of the monkey house., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the LIbrary of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.5]

Title: American elk, (cervus canadensis.)
Description: Depicts an elk in his holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the LIbrary of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.4]

Title: American elk, (cervus canadensis.)
Description: Depicts an elk in his holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the Library of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.3]

Title: The Wissahickon at Allen's Lane
Description: View showing the Allen's Lane Bridge spanning across the Wissahickon Creek. The covered bridge, used by the local mills to travel between Germantown and Roxborough, was washed away by a flood in the late 19th century. Also shows a woman standing on a rock in the creek., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from label on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9191.5]

Title: Mt. Airy water pipes
Description: View showing the water pipes called the Pipe Bridge over the Wissahickon Creek. The pipe aqueduct, constructed in 1870 to provide water to Germantown from the Schuylkill River via the Mount Airy reservoir, was built after the designs of engineer Frederick Graff, Jr. It was razed in 1891. In the foreground, a man sits on a cliff near the pipe bridge., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 84., 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 circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.8709.8]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church interior view, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View from rear of sanctuary looking up central aisle toward altar. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note below image: St. Clement's Church, 1871., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: 143., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion - St. Clement's [(4)1322.F.82c]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of north and east facades of Romanesque Revival church featuring tower and aspe. Church property slightly elevated from sidewalk level and delineated by stone and iron fence. Rowhouses along Cherry Street visible in background. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Publisher's imprint and series title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young - Religion [P.9168.7]

Title: Bird's eye view of Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking north from Cherry Street showing North Broad Street. Businesses line the street including Convery's Coal Yard (Lehigh & Schuylkill coal), a carriage manufactory, and Philadelphia Ice and Coal Company. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalks and streets., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: May 21, 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.8931.3]

Title: Giraffe, (camelopardalis giraffa.)
Description: Depicts a giraffe in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the LIbrary of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.2]

Title: Giraffe, (camelopardalis giraffa.)
Description: Depicts a giraffe in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo. The giraffe wears a halter held by a man who stands behind it., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the Library of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.1]

Title: Turbine wheels, Fairmount Water Works, Phila
Description: View showing the interior of the new mill house completed in 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Shows a man standing between the turbine wheels and several pumps, which were added to the waterworks to increase the supply of water to the growing number of city residents. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from label on negative., Warped yellow mount with rounded corners., American scenery was a popular series of copy stereographs issued between 1874 and 1877., 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 [P.8731.3]

Title: Union Business College Phila
Description: Shows a classroom of male students, including young boys, at the business school, later renamed Peirce's Business College, at 931 Chestnut street. View also includes a manned registration desk adorned with signage reading "Thomas M. Peirce & Co.," instructors, a gallery, and chandeliers., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 110., Arcadia caption text: This crowded classroom at the Union Business College, located on the 900 block of Chestnut Street, shows young men and boys studying while instructors look on. Thomas May Peirce founded this practical business school months after the Civil War ended to prepare former soldiers for employment. While this c. 1873 scene shows only male students, the college also designed a Ladies Department for women seeking work in the business world. Renamed Peirce College, the school still operates today., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: ca. 1872
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.2004.11]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View looking toward South Laurel Hill showing the connecting bridge (built 1864) over Hunting Park Avenue between South and Central Laurel Hill. View includes fenced plots, monuments, headstones, and mausoleums. Laurel Hill Cemetery, built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue, acquired the central property in 1863., Title from manuscript note 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: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [P.9191.6]

Title: [Rear of State House, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the rear of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Includes pedestrian traffic in Independence Square., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Chase, a Baltimore photographer, operated as a stereograph photographer and publisher between circa 1872 to 1890.
Creator: Chase, William M., 1818 or 1819-1901
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Chase - Government Buildings [(8)1322.F.9c-1]

Title: View from the Waumbek House, Jefferson, N.H
Description: Shows a group of well-dressed men, women, and children playing croquet in front of the luxury resort hotel in the White Mountains. View also shows neighboring buildings., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Creator: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn Bros. - Views [5739.F.61e]

Title: Mt. Starr King, Jefferson, N.H
Description: Shows the mount named after Universalist Rev. Thomas Starr King in the White Mountains. In the foreground, men and boys sit and stand in a pasture in front of a farm and hotel buildings., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Creator: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn Bros. - Views [5739.F.61f]

Title: Starr King House, Jefferson, N.H
Description: Shows several people arriving by horse-drawn carriage and sitting on the porch and veranda of the resort hotel in the White Mountains., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Creator: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn Bros. - Views [5739.F.61i]

Title: Church of the Redemption, north west corner of 22nd and Callowhill Streets, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal Church built 1846. View includes pews and stained glass windows., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title and date from manuscript note on mount: Church of the Redemption 1872., Paper backing pasted on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1872
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion [(4)1322.F.76c]

Title: [Philadelphia Trust Company, 413-417 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of the Trust building built 1873-4. Designed by Philadelphia architect James Windrim. Includes partial view of the Philadelphia National Bank at 419-423 Chestnut., Inscribed in negative: Phila. Trust Co., Buff mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, A. H., photographer
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - business [P.9047.58]

Title: Farmers & Mechanics Bank, Chestnut Street
Description: Exterior view of bank located at 425-429 Chestnut Street, built 1854-5, designed by John M. Gries. Also depicts the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities at 431 Chestnut, built 1871-3, designed by Addison Hutton. Buildings form part of Bank Row., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 93., Arcadia caption text: This photograph focuses on two of the extant banks located on Bank Row shown above. When John Gries’ design for the building was completed in 1855, the Farmers’ & Mechanics’ Bank, on the right, was the largest bank in the city. Its smaller neighbor to the left, the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities was completed in 1873 after designs by Addison Hutton. The building complemented the architectural style of the Farmers’ & Mechanics’ Bank while using contrasting gray granite rather than white marble for its façade., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - banks [P.9079.3]

Title: Guarantee Trust Co., Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of building at 316-320 Chestnut Street, built 1873-5, designed by Furness & Hewitt., Title inscribed in negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Printed in red on mount: Stereoscopic views., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 95., Arcadia caption text: The Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, established in 1872, provided safe storage for securities, currency, jewelry, silver plate, and other valuables. Safe depositories became more common during the Civil War when the threat to personal possessions in battleground states was very real, and they continued to grow in number and popularity in the years after the war. Frank Furness, the architect of this eclectic brick structure located on the 300 block of Chestnut Street, was commissioned to create plans for almost a dozen financial and trust company buildings in Philadelphia. His idiosyncratic designs provided his clients with visually distinctive structures and also tended to generate a great deal of publicity., Digitization 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 - unidentified - banks [P.9047.135]

Title: Chestnut above Fourth, North side
Description: View of Chestnut Street, between 4th and 5th Streets, north side, looking west depicting a variety of commercial establishments including Walker & Co.'s cigar store; Kromer's news and patent medicine depot displaying advertisements for Wright's Great Consumptive Cure and Wright's Tar Syrup; William E. Harpur, chromometers; Philip Wilson & Co., gun dealers displaying a rifle three stories high; and Traubel's lithographic establishment., Reissue of a circa 1868 view entitled "Chestnut St., above Fourth, North side" by Bartlett & French of Philadelphia., Orange mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French ca. 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - streets [P.9573.15]

Title: Views of William F. Murphy's Sons' stationery, steam-power printing, ruling and blank book manufacturing establishment, no. 509 Chestnut Street, (nearly opposite Independence Hall,) Philadelphia
Description: Interior view showing shelves and display cases containing a variety of blank books and ledgers, and other stationery items. Murphy's Sons moved to this location in 1872. View probably created as part of a series celebrating the opening of the new store., Photographer's imprint on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1996, p. 40-41., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - business [P.9515.1]

Title: Congress Hall, Cape May, N.J
Description: View showing one of the oldest seaside hotels, built in 1816 by Thomas Hughes, at Beach Drive and Congress Street. The hotel, originally called the "Big House," was renamed Congress Hall in 1828 when Hughes was elected to Congress. The grand lodging, able to accommodate 1000 guests, was destroyed by the great fire of 1878 and rebuilt in brick the following year. View includes a gazebo in the fenced courtyard., Black mount with rounded corners., Title from descriptive label pasted on verso., Contains label on verso describing the hotel, the proprietor J.F. Cake, and the West Jersey Railway Co., which provided service between Philadelphia and Cape May., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New Jersey., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Souder & Nowell, a partnership between S.T. Souder and F.A. Nowell, was active in Philadelphia in 1874.
Creator: Souder & Nowell, photographer
Date: 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Souder & Nowell - Cities & towns [5742.F.5a]

Title: Stockton Hotel, Cape May, N.J
Description: View showing the seaside hotel opened in 1869 on the entire block between Howard and Gurney streets and Columbia Avenue and the Atlantic Ocean. The hotel, destroyed in the great fire of 1878, was rebuilt, and destroyed again by fire in 1889. Includes horse-drawn carriages and guests standing near the entrance., Black mount with rounded corners., Title from descriptive label pasted on verso., Contains label on verso describing the hotel, proprietor Charles Duffy, and the West Jersey Railway Co., which provided transportation between Philadelphia and Cape May., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New Jersey., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Souder & Nowell, a partnership between S.T. Souder and F.A. Nowell, was active in Philadelphia in 1874.
Creator: Souder & Nowell, photographer
Date: 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Souder & Nowell - Cities & towns [5742.F.5c]

Title: [Diorama of a scene from the American Revolution displayed at the 27th Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, held in the Main Building, Fairmount Park, Phila., 1880]
Description: Shows the diorama displayed at the annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society in 1880 showing British troops during the Revolutionary War marching in formation past a residence adorned with a banner inscribed, "Don't Tread on Me." The family stands outside of the house, and an African American woman domestic stands in the front doorway., Title supplied by cataloger., Text printed on mount: 27th Annual Exhibition of the Penna State. Agricultural Society, held in the Main Building, Fairmount Park, Phila., 1880., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Francis James Dallett, 1994., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: E.F. Hovey, pub., 813 Arch St
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Hovey - Exhibitions [P.9461.2]

Title: House, (tree in front,) where the first U.S. flag was made
Description: View showing the Betsy Ross House at 239 (formerly 89) Arch Street. House tenanted by tailor Gustavus Franke. View also includes the buildings tenanted by fur dealer Rudolph Reisky (237 Arch) and brass cock manufacturers J. & H. Jones (243 Arch). A horse-drawn carriage stands idle in front of J. & H. Jones's building., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Text explicating the historical significance of the house on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's and Susan Oyama's Philadelphia then and now (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 108., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: May 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Historic Sites and Bldgs [P.8451.1]

Title: House, (tree in front,) where the first U.S. flag was made
Description: View showing the Betsy Ross House at 239 (formerly 89) Arch Street. House tenanted by tailor Gustavus Franke. View also includes the buildings tenanted by fur dealer Rudolph Reisky (237 Arch) and brass cock manufacturers J. & H. Jones (243 Arch). A horse-drawn carriage stands idle in front of J. & H. Jones's building., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Text explicating the historical significance of the house on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's and Susan Oyama's Philadelphia then and now (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 108., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: May 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Historic Sites and Bldgs [P.8451.1]

Title: Connecticut state building interior
Description: Interior view of a room in the Connecticut state building showing a fireplace and scattered pieces of furniture including a table, chairs, spinning wheel, and tall case clock. The building was constructed for the Centennial exhibition held in 1876 in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park., Title on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.4]

Title: Main building South Ave. from east end
Description: Interior view of the Main Building at the Centennial exhibition held in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. Displays crowd the main floor and the balcony above. Banners hang down from the roof rafters., Title printed on mount below image., Orange mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.5]

Title: Light house and fog horn
Description: Exterior view of a lighthouse and a nearby horn, bell, and other equipment built as part of the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park., Printed on mount in decorative scrollwork: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876., Title from printed series list on verso with sixty-three other titles., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.6]

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