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Title: Main Building, from east end
Description: View showing the east elevation of 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., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9580.7]

Title: Horti. Building, portico
Description: Exterior views showing the horseshoe arch and arabesque designs decorating the portico on the upper stories of Horticultural Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negatives., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprints on versos contain initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2011.47.166] gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9600.4], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2011.47.166]

Title: Chilian Mineral Exhibit, Main B
Description: View of the Chilian Mineral Exhibit pavilion, surmounted by Chile's flag, containing mineral samples in glass cases in the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9669.12]

Title: Memorial Hall Annex, Am. Dept
Description: View of paintings and sculptures on display in a room in the American section of the Art Gallery Annex. Signs on the entrance door read "Do not point at the works with canes, parasols, etc." A sculpture in the center of the room is surrounded on four sides by benches and situated under a large skylight. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9734.6]

Title: Gen. Washington's Carriage
Description: View showing a display outside of the carriage annex, or Main Exhibition Building annex, consisting of four carved white horses hitched to Washington's carriage. A display sign in the ground in front of the horses reads: "Samuel R. Phillips Harness Maker 13th Below Chestnut Philadelphia." Originally located within the building, the carriage, also known as the Dunlap-Powel coach or "Washington's White Chariot," was moved outside at a later date to the location depicted in this image. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9734.7]

Title: Horti. Hall interior, from W. end
Description: Interior view looking from the west end of Horticultural Hall through a large horseshoe arch supported by columns at a display of ferns and other plants flanking the aisle. A statue is visible amidst the plants under a large chandelier. The hall was designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann for the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9734.8]

Title: Centennial grounds from Judges' Pavilion
Description: View looking north from the rear of the Judges' Hall showing four men standing on a path flanked by trees. A small bridge spanning a stream is visible in the distance. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9734.9]

Title: [New Hampshire State Building, 1876]
Description: View showing the exterior of the two-story frame building on State Avenue. Men stand on the porch of the house and on a path near the entrance stairs. An American flag flies from a tall flag pole on the roof of the house. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.249., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.168]

Title: [ "Old Abe," Wisconsin eagle, 1876]
Description: View showing the eagle named "Old Abe" on a specially-designed perch adorned in patriotic stars and stripes. The mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Old Abe was on display in the Agricultural Building at the Centennial Fair. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Manuscript note on verso: Famous "Wisconsin eagle" carried by a Wisc. regiment during the Civil War and later exhibited at the Centennial., Stamped on verso: G.L. Howe, M.D., 924 Clover St., Rochester, N.Y., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.169]

Title: [Janes & Kirtland fountain, Agricultural Hall nave, 1876]
Description: Views showing the ornamental fountain designed by the New York firm Janes & Kirtland in the nave of the Agricultural Building. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., One print [P.2011.47.276] contains manuscript note on verso: H.E.L., White curved mounts with rounded corners., One print [P.9047.170] gift of Robert M. Vogel., One print [P.2011.47.276] gift of Raymond Holstein., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.170], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2011.47.276]

Title: Machinery Hall, S. Avenue looking east
Description: View showing engines and machines flanking South Avenue in Machinery Hall, including those created by Chas. P. Gladwin, Lovegrove & Co. and Hickford Knitters. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.288., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.171]

Title: The American Volunteer
Description: Views showing a large granite statue, "The American Soldier," designed for the Antietam Soldiers' Monument by the New England Granite Company from Hartford, Connecticut. Also shows a man standing on the pedestal next to the soldier at rest. Monument located in front of the north entrance of the Main Building. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negatives., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mounts with rounded corners., One print [P.9047.172] gift of Robert M. Vogel., One print [P.2011.47.240] gift of Raymond Holstein., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.172], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2011.47.240]

Title: Women's Pavilion
Description: Exterior view of the Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. Two women and a man stand on a path near the gardens in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9734.10]

Title: Agricultural Hall
Description: Oblique view looking west at the south elevation of Agricultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim. Shows a line of spectators, some with parasols, sitting on benches and standing against a rail in the foreground. A horse hitched to a dray is visible in the background. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9734.11]

Title: Kiralfy's Alhambra Palace, Philadelphia. The illuminated gardens
Description: Views depict the front facade and interior illuminated gardens of Kiralfy's Alhambra Palace built on Broad Street below Locust Street in 1876 after designs by Frank H. Loenholdt for Hungarian-born brothers Bolossy and Imre Kiralfy. Shows Moorish-influenced architecture, garden sculptures, lights, balconies, and rock formations. The building was purchased by the Broad Street Theatre in 1877. Intended to be a temporary space for musical and dance performances during the Centennial Exhibition, it thrived long after its 100th anniversary, until 1937 when it was demolished for a parking lot., Stamped on rectos: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Title and photographer's imprint printed on versos., Orange curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One item [P.9047.83] gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters and halls [P.9047.83; P.9145.1-4]

Title: [Interior view of unidentified hall with plants, sculptures, and chandeliers]
Description: Interior view shows large plants, sculptures and chandeliers adorning the perimeter of a large room in a hall. Large columns extend from the floor to the ceiling in between tall rectangular windows., Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters and halls [P.9299.109]

Title: [Tugboat south of Girard Avenue Bridge, Schuylkill River]
Description: View looking northwest on the Schuylkill River showing a man standing on the deck of a tugboat in the foreground. The first Girard Avenue Bridge, built 1852-55 by Adolphus Bonzano after designs by Rudolph Hering, is visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: photographed ca. 1872, printed c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Transportation [P.9299.74]

Title: [General Washington's carriage at Belmont Mansion, Judge William Peter's residence, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing George Washington's carriage, also known as the Dunlap-Powel coach or "Washington's White Chariot," in the foreground. Also shows a crowd of spectators standing in the background adjacent to the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). Construction of the main block of the house began in 1743 but was not completed until circa 1751. The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on mount: Gen. Washington's carriage., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Transportation [P.9299.110]

Title: Gilbert Stuart's studio
Description: Shows the ivy-covered ruins of the barn used as a studio by the Philadelphia painter during the summers of 1796 to 1799. Barn was located on the property of Samuel Bringhurst, later William Wister, before being razed in 1900., Title and publisher's imprint from series list on verso. One of eighty-one numbered titles in the series (No. 438-519)., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Studios [P.9047.25]

Title: Unidentified residences, Pennsylvania
Description: Exterior views of unidentified residences in or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shows residents sitting on their front porches and lawns and standing in their side yards, gardens, and driveways., Image P.9299.115 possibly depicts Wyck in Germantown. The earliest section of the house was built circa 1690 by Hans Milan. Center section and alterations were designed and completed by William Strickland in 1824. For nine generations the house belonged to the Wistar-Haines family. Image P.9299.111 possibly shows the Francis Cope House in East Germantown., Title supplied by cataloger., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Pink curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [P.9299.111; P.9299.114-115; P.9299.122-123; P.9299.125]

Title: Interior of church, Old Swedes'
Description: Interior view of the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 by master builder John Harrison I at 929 South Water Street. Shows a pastor seated near the altar, galleries, pews, and a stained glass window surmounted by the phrase "Thou God Seest Me". All of these structures date to a major renovation in 1846., Title from publisher's series list printed on verso with 101 other numbered titles (No. 356-437)., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.9521.1]

Title: [House and grounds where the 1st "4th of July" was celebrated]
Description: View showing three men sitting in chairs in the grass in front of the gazebo pavilion on Dr. Edward Enoch's estate in Frankford, where Thomas Jefferson purportedly recited and celebrated the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. Also known as the Womrath estate., Written on negative: 377, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [P.9299.112]

Title: Rittenhouse Square fountain
Description: Views depict an ornate drinking fountain adorned by a column with sea horses and the bearded face of Neptune surmounted by a classical male figure balancing his body with one foot. Also shows a detail of an open iron gate., Title in manuscript notes on mount of P.9299.117 and verso of P.9299.116., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Stamped on versos: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mounts with rounded corners., One item, P.9299.117, 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. 118., Arcadia caption text: Donated in 1872 to the Philadelphia Fountain Society by prominent Philadelphia civil engineer and art collector J. Gillingham Fell, the ornate fountain at the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square (at Walnut and Rittenhouse streets) mirrored the wealth of nearby residents. Although beautiful, the fountains contained faulty plumbing, which caused muddy conditions intolerable to visitors, and the structures were removed by the early 1880s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.116-117]

Title: Marble Terrace, West Philadelphia
Description: View looking east from Thirty-third Street and Woodland Avenue at "marble row" (i.e., marble terrace), a block of marble-fronted row houses with mansard roofs on the south side of Chestnut Street between Thirty-second and Thirty-third Streets. Also shows three men standing in the entrance of the storefront in the westernmost house on the block (3264 Chestnut Street). Built ca. 1870., Title from publisher's series list printed with 106 other numbered titles in the series (No. 139-245)., Manuscript note on mount: Marble Terrace - West Phila., Photographer's imprint from series list pasted on verso., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [P.9299.25]

Title: Sedgely Mansion
Description: Oblique view showing two men standing behind three women seated in front of Sedgley estate's tenant's cottage. The tenant's cottage, also known as the Porter House, was used as a guard house and jail after the estate was purchased by the city for incorporation into Fairmount Park in 1857. Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the extant cottage and the mansion built 1799 for William Cramond on the east bank of the Schuylkill River., Title and publisher's imprint from printed series list on verso. Series includes sixty-seven other titles (No. 58-125)., Manuscript note in pencil on mount: Sedgely mansion., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [P.9299.66]

Title: Residence of Joseph H. Shinn, Camden, N.J
Description: View of two semi-detatched, two-story homes in Camden, New Jersey. A fence surrounds the houses. Includes two women standing on the porch and two men, a boy, and a baby in a carriage posing on the sidewalk in the foreground. Also shows row houses with mansard roofs in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: S.C. Muschamp., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - New Jersey [P.9022.49]

Title: Horticultural Hall
Description: View looking northwest at the front elevation of Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Gas lamps flank the entrance stairs and broadside posters adorn the front of the building. A crowd pf people stand near the entrance stairs and near a gas lamp in front of the hall. Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867. A fire destroyed this hall in early 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1882 after designs by Addison Hutton., Title on negative., White curved mount with rounded corners., 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 - unidentified - Theaters and halls [P.9082.3]

Title: Monitor Terror, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the turret of the USS Terror, originally named the USS Agmenticus. Laid down in Portsmouth Navy Yard in Maine in 1862, launched in 1863, commissioned in 1864 at Portsmouth under the command of C. H. Cushman, decommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard in 1865, the monitor's name was changed to "Terror" in 1869. After being recommissioned in 1870, Terror came to the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1872. The facility, which built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships, operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Title on negative., Orange curved 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 - Military [P.9099.5]

Title: Locust St. east from Sixteenth
Description: View looking east from Sixteenth Street showing brick row houses on the south side of Locust Street and the Gothic-style Presbyterian church built 1851-1853 after the designs of John Notman (1508-1514 Locust Street). a pile of rubble sits in the street in the foreground. The church was completed for a dissenting congregation that included locomotive industrialist Matthias Baldwin who contributed $10,000 to the over $100,000 construction and land fees., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: 16th St. looking E. on Locust, Calvary Presbyterian Ch., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., 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 - unidentified - Streets [P.9208.6]

Title: Horticultural Hall, Phila
Description: View looking northwest at the front elevation of Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Gas lamps flank the entrance stairs and broadside posters adorn the front of the building. Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867. A fire destroyed this hall in early 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1882 after designs by Addison Hutton., Title on negative., Title also from printed "Philadelphia" series list on verso with twenty-three other unnumbered titles. Also includes twenty-nine unnumbered titles in "Baltimore" series. Both series surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Theaters and halls [P.8451.5]

Title: Horticultural Hall
Description: View looking northwest on Broad Street from Spruce Street showing the east fronts of Beth Eden Baptist Church, built ca. 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter; Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street, built after designs by Samuel Sloan in 1867; and the Academy of Music built 1855-1857 after designs by Napoleon LeBrun and Gustave Runge., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow 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 - Theaters and halls [P.9567.15]

Title: [Steamboats on the Schuylkill River, near Boathouse Row, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking north showing the steamboat landing and Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River immediately north of the Fairmount Water Works. A small canoe floats in the water in the foreground. Also shows two steamboats on the river near the landing and three boathouses in the background, including the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society boathouse built in 1861 (left), the boathouse built in 1872 for the Vesper and Malta boat clubs (center), the University Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1871 (right). Other boat houses are obscured by trees., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.8709.12]

Title: Views on the Delaware
Description: Rooftop view of a landscaped park with walkways adjacent to the Delaware River. A man drives a horse-drawn cart in the street in the foreground., Title from printed unnumbered series lists on verso., Distributor's imprint printed on verso., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9299.31]

Title: Cave near Lewistown
Description: View showing a man standing at the mouth of a large cave below a massive rock formation near Lewistown, Pennsylvania., Title on negative., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Yellow 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 - Views [P.9568.1]

Title: [Martha Maxwell posing with habitat grouping, Mrs. M.A. Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum, Boulder, Colorado]
Description: Shows Mrs. Martha Maxwell standing with stuffed animals and birds arranged in a life-like, wild landscape display at the Colorado museum., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer from duplicate series in the collections of the Denver Public Library., Name of publisher inferred from descriptive text on verso of stereograph., Martha Maxwell opened her Rocky Mountain Museum in 1874 in Boulder, Colorado, and moved it to Denver in 1876. She hoped her museum would advance scientific education, but also display curiosities and other amusements to attract the general public., For similar views of Martha Maxwell's displays, see Centennial Photographic Co. stereographs., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Chamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison)
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.2007.12]

Title: [Martha Maxwell and her exhibit of "Woman's Work", Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition]
Description: Shows Mrs. Martha Maxwell surrounded by her habitat display, with stuffed animals and birds, arranged in a rocky landscape in the Kansas-Colorado Building at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer, from a description of a duplicate in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's collections, reproduced in Maxine Benson's Martha Maxwell: Rocky Mountain naturalist (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c1986)., Martha Maxwell opened her Rocky Mountain Museum in 1874 in Boulder, Colorado, and moved it to Denver in 1876. She hoped her museum would advance scientific education, but also display curiosities and other amusements to attract the general public., See Maxine Benson's Martha Maxwell: Rocky Mountain Naturalist (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c1986)., For a similar view of Martha Maxwell's displays, see stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.2007.12]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photo. Co. - Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum [P.2007.15.1]

Title: [Martha Maxwell's exhibit of "Woman's Work", Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition]
Description: Shows Mrs. Martha Maxwell's habitat display, with stuffed animals and birds, arranged in a rocky landscape in the Kansas-Colorado Building at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Martha Maxwell opened her Rocky Mountain Museum in 1874 in Boulder, Colorado, and moved it to Denver in 1876. She hoped her museum would advance scientific education, but also display curiosities and other amusements to attract the general public., For a similar view of Martha Maxwell's displays, see stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.2007.12]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photo. Co. - Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum [P.2007.15.3]

Title: Scene during G.A.R. encampment, July 1880
Description: Shows throngs of people within a fenced enclosure crowded in front of a row of tents near an observatory tower, probably during a state meeting of the veteran's organization in Gettysburg. Also shows individuals seated in horse-drawn carriages outside of the fence on which a few men sit. The Grand Army of the Republic, a society of Union veterans was organized in 1866 to promote fraternity, charity, and loyalty among its members, including camp fires, encampments, the establishment of veteran relief funds, and the preservation of civil war sites and financing of memorials., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Jessy Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. H. Tipton & Co.
Date: [1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Military [P.2005.19.5]

Title: [Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View of the front facade of the hall built 1770-1774 by the builders association, Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, after designs by member Robert Smith. Shows five men in suits standing and seated on the front steps of the building across from the foundation for the Guarantee Trust Company building (built 1873-1875) under construction at 318-320 Chestnut Street. Also shows a small garden lot and the side of the adjacent building at 324 Chestnut Street. Hall served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Carpenter's Company, organized 1724, was formed to provide instruction in the science of architecture and financial assistance to members and members' families in need., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W. Y. - Associations [(8)1322.F.7i]

Title: First premium (silver medal) to Cornelius & Sons, for gas fixtures in the Franklin Institute Exhibition, 1874
Description: Interior view of 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures at the Franklin Institute, showing prize-winning gas fixtures designed by Cornelius & Sons, 1332 Chestnut St. The Exhibition was held in the John Haviland-designed building on South Seventh Street., Title from inscription on mount., 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. 13., Arcadia caption text: Incorporated in 1824, the Franklin Institute promoted knowledge in mechanic arts among its science-minded members. The Institute provided for its members a library and reading room, lectures, classes, a monthly journal, and it periodically held displays of American made products. This view of the 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures highlighted prize-winner Cornelius & Sons, maker of gas fixtures and lamps. The Institute, today an educational science and technology museum open to the public, was located on Seventh Street just below Market Street, in the John Haviland-designed building now occupied by the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia., 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: 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer [P.9229.3]

Title: Wills' Ophthalmic Hospital
Description: Exterior view of the Wills' Eye Hospital building constructed in 1832 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter on the 1800 block of Race Street, opposite Logan Square. The hospital relocated to 1601 Spring Garden Street in 1932., Photographer's imprint on recto., Title printed on mount., 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. 52., Arcadia caption text: In 1825 James Wills, Jr. bequeathed a portion of his estate to the city of Philadelphia for an ophthalmic hospital or asylum designated as "The Wills Hospital for the Relief of the Indigent Blind and Lame." The lot on Race Street near Nineteenth Street was purchased for $20,000 and the cornerstone of the building laid in 1832. Thomas Ustick Walter, who won the design competition, purportedly incorporated some of the design features proposed by his competitors into the final plan. In 1932, the expanded institution moved into a larger building at 1601 Spring Garden Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young - Hospitals [P.9212.8]

Title: [After the fire of McKean, Newhall and Borie's Sugar Refinery on Lagrange Place.]
Description: Depicts the crumbling remains of the former seven-story brick refinery on the 200 block of Lagrange Place (now Filbert Street) after a fire swept through the building on January 4, 1874. Chunks of the walls have fallen to the ground, most of the windows are gone and piles of bricks cover the ground inside and outside of the building., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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. 65., Arcadia caption text: On the evening of January 4, 1874 fire swept through the north building of McKean, Newhall and Borie’s Sugar Refinery on Lagrange Place, between Second and Third streets south of Arch Street. For three hours firefighters fought the blaze from the roof of another structure on the property and kept the fire from spreading to the building where expensive equipment and a valuable stockpile of sugar were kept. The company, nevertheless, experienced a $200,000 loss from the fire. This refinery, one of thirteen in the city in 1870, helped make Philadelphia a leading sugar refining city in America in the late 19th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: January 4, 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Gutekunst - Fire ruins [P.9058.144]

Title: Interior of Horticultural Hall, Phila
Description: Interior view of an exhibition or flower show in Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Potted plants and flowers surround marble fountains and statues on tables erected around the room. In the center of the room stands a large shrub sculpted in a towering monument-like form. Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867., Photographer's label mounted on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Numbered 422 on verso., 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. 85., Arcadia caption text: Organized in 1827, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society began with 53 members, who according to their constitution hoped “to inspire a taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man.” In 1829 the Society held its first exhibition, beginning the tradition that continues today as the Philadelphia Flower Show. This c. 1875 view shows one of the Society’s exhibitions held in Horticultural Hall, the Society’s first permanent home erected in 1867 next to the Academy of Music on the west side of Broad Street below Locust Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters and halls [P.9099.4]

Title: Girard College. Grounds and statue
Description: View of the white marble Soldiers' Monument erected 1869 after designs by W. Struthers & Son on the landscaped grounds of Girard College, showing a soldier at rest under a canopy supported by four columns. Monument funded by alumni of Girard College to commemorate those who died in the Civil War., Title and publisher's imprint from printed series list on verso. Series includes twenty-three other titles (No. 150-173)., Printed on mount: American Views., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Education [P.9047.132]

Title: [Lincoln Monument, Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives, entrance to East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the Lincoln Monument at the entrance (Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives) of Fairmount Park surrounded by male and female spectators. Sculpted by Randolph Rogers, Abraham Lincoln is depicted seated with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia's Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. Unveiled in September 1871, the monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. A horse-drawn coach is visible under the shade of trees in the right background., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow printed label pasted on verso contains explicative paragraph of text describing the history of Fairmount Park and the Lincoln Monument., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Monument described in Fairmount Park Association's Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze and Stone (New York: Walker Publishing Company, 1974) p. 46-52. (LCP Print Room Uy 8, 3208.F)., Monument described in Penny Balkin Bach's Public Art in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992) p. 49-50, 198. (LCP Print Room Is 4, 9379.Q).
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Monuments & statues [P.9260.58]

Title: Sedgeley guard house, Fairmount Park
Description: View showing a group of men and boys standing and sitting in front of Sedgley estate's tenant's cottage. Also shows a boy filling up a cup with water from a fountain in the right foreground. The tenant's cottage, also known as the Porter House, was used as a guard house and jail after the estate was purchased by the city for incorporation into Fairmount Park in 1857. Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the extant cottage and the mansion built 1799 for William Cramond on the east bank of the Schuylkill River., Title and publisher's imprint from printed series list on verso. Series includes twenty-three other titles (No. 150-173)., Printed on mount: American Views., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Parks [P.9054.1]

Title: [Entrance lodge to Egglesfield, near Girard Avenue Bridge, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the guard house and "Equestrian" archway at Eaglesfield from under a brick arch. The estate was near the Girard Avenue Bridge in West Fairmount Park. Men, women and children stand and sit on the lawn in front of the guard house adorned with lattice details. The country estate, Eaglesfield, possessed by numerous property owners, including Robert Egglesfield Griffith, Ann and James Greenleaf, and Richard Rundle, declined to obscurity following the completion of the new Fairmount dam in 1822, the mid-century construction of the Girard Avenue Railroad Bridge, and the development of Fairmount Park in the 1860s. The house was razed around 1869., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow printed label pasted on verso contains explicative paragraph of text describing Fairmount Park., Printed on mount: American Views., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Parks [P.9047.50]

Title: Independance [sic] Hall
Description: View looking southeast at the front of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Shows a partial view of Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut) and the Prothonotary Office and Court of Common Pleas. Also includes a group of men standing on the sidewalk and piles of stones lining the street in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Government buildings [P.8457]

Title: Chamouny, Fairmount Park - formerly owned by Topliff Johnson
Description: View of front facade, including the semi-circular bow on the south side, of the country retreat built circa 1802 for wealthy merchant George Plumsted. Also shows a man reclining in the grass in the foreground. The house was purchased by Topliff Johnson in 1853 and the property altered to almost twice its size. Chamounix Mansion was acquired by the city of Philadelphia in 1871 and was used as a restaurant and boarding house. Also known as Montpelier., Title printed on mount., 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.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Residences [P.9734.3]

Title: Shortlidge's Media Academy, for young men and boys, twelve miles from depot, Thirty-first and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, on the Philadelphia and West Chester R.R Recommended by Bayard Taylor, Hon. Fernando Wood, Judge Van Hoesen, Governor Routt, Rev. Drs. Hill and Peabody, Gen Chas. H.T. Collis, &c., &c. For illustrated circular containing pictures of building, gymnasium, &c., address, Switchin C. Shortlidge, A. M., (Harvard graduate), Media, Penna
Description: Faded exterior view of Switchin C. Shortlidge's boarding school for boys in Media, Pennsylvania. Students stand in small groups on the enclosed lawn near the school. School founded in 1875., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint 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., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Creator: McMullin, Samuel, b. 1819
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McMullin - Education [P.9500.3]

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