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- Title
- Phila. from Girard College
- Description
- Rooftop view looking south showing the cityscape of Philadelphia from the upper floors or roof of Girard College's Founder's Hall. View includes the front entrance gate and landscaped school grounds in the foreground, row houses, the Corinthian Avenue Reservoir, and the outline of Eastern State Penitentiary in the distance background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.15]
- Title
- Bird's eye view Philadelphia, from LaPierre House
- Description
- Rooftop view looking northeast from LaPierre House on Broad Street, showing the front elevation of St. John the Evangelist Church (23-25 South Thirteenth, built 1830, William Rodrigue, architect), the top of the Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot (Thirteenth and Market), a mostly obscured view of the United States Mint (1331-1337 Chestnut, built 1883, William Strickland, architect), and rooftops of adjacent buildings., Title and photographer from series list printed on blue paper and pasted on verso with thirty-one other titles (No. 1-31)., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Views [P.9107.11]
- Title
- View from Belmont, Phila. Park. Schuylkill River in the distance with Penna R.R. Bridge
- Description
- View looking south from Belmont Mansion in West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant left background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. The Reading Railroad purchased the bridge in the 1850s., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.7]
- Title
- View in East Park
- Description
- View of the Schuylkill River from an elevated point in East Fairmount Park, showing three boys, two sitting one standing, resting among tall, bare trees in the foreground., Written on negative: 86, Title one of sixty-eight views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 58-125)., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., 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. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.60]
- Title
- Fairmount from Lemon Hill, Phila. Park
- Description
- View looking south from a path at Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Depicts a group of women and children standing together at the edge of a slope leading down to the Schuylkill River. View also includes the Fairmount Water Works and the decorative distribution arch (built 1860) and standpipe (built 1852) on Reservoir Hill. Originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, the waterworks were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.8]
- Title
- Drive along the Schuylkill
- Description
- Landscape view of rolling hills, bare trees, and tree stumps., Title one of eighty-eight views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 1-57; 126-138; 1000-1018)., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., 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. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.63]
- Title
- Drive along the Schuylkill
- Description
- Landscape view showing a path near the edge of a slope leading down to the Schuylkill River., Title one of fifty-seven views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 1-57)., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9146.5]
- Title
- Serpentine Drive
- Description
- Landscape view showing a steep, winding drive leading from the top of a hill down to the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. A barricade at the bottom of the drive blocks entry of vehicles onto the bank of the river., Title one of fifty-seven views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 1-57)., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., 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. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.62]
- Title
- Beaver Hollow
- Description
- Bird's eye view of the tree-lined creek near Beaver Hollow. Includes farmland and buildings in the background., Publisher's name supplied by cataloger., Publisher's address and series title printed in red on mount., Title from photographer's printed label pasted 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., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.8484.7]
- Title
- Civil War stationery collection
- Description
- Collection of stationery containing patriotic designs often used on patriotic envelopes, with a majority including a title, slogan, and/or verse. Designs predominately include views of regiment camps; images of soldiers, including battle and camp life scenes; patriotic symbols including flags, eagles, bells, shields, stars and the figure of liberty; portraiture of historic and military figures; and basic designs including stripes, colored edges, and lined borders. Unique designs with assigned LCP numbers include an untitled regiment view showing the soldiers playing baseball, possibly at Abner Doubleday's camp (RE-LCP 35); a view of Poughkeepsie from 1854 (SC-NW-LCP-3); the New York funeral procession for Abraham Lincoln on April 25, 1865 (SC-NW-LCP-4); two designs published by J.W. Barber of New Haven showing bars of music from "My Country Tis of Thee" (O-M-LCP-8) and an allegorical scene of Liberty fighting treason, rebellion, tyranny, and oppression (F-P-LCP-1). Collection also contains a series of seven Charles Magnus hand-colored designs containing birds-eye views and military maps. Views show Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort and Hygeia Hotel, Va. and the Capitol. Military maps shows Maryland and Virginia; Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction; Richmond and Alexandria; Fortress Monroe and Richmond; and the southern coast between Fortress Monroe and New Orleans. Collection also includes a small number of Confederate stationery. Confederates designs include a view of enslaved African American people driving a wagon of supplies to a battlefield and a satire of Abraham Lincoln as an Native American chief. Portraits include George Washington, George McClellan, and Elmer Ellsworth. Three uncut printed proof sheets of patriotic stationery used as ream wrappers and the first style of U.S. postcard (circa 1872) also included as part of the collection., Some copyrighted., Some contain manuscript notes., Various publishers including Philadelphia publishers James Magee and L. N. Rosenthal as well as New York publisher Charles Magnus., Title supplied by cataloger., See William R. Weiss, Jr.'s The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995). LCP copy annotated to show collection holdings., See the George Walcott collection of used Civil War patriotic covers (New York: Robert Laurence, 1934)., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to the Civil War. McAlliser Collection, gift, 1886., Reproduced in Erika Piola, "For the millions: Civil War stationery for women and children in the McAllister Collection at The Library Company of Philadelphia," The Ephemera journal 13 (2010), [32]., RVCDC, 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
- 1861-1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Civil War Stationery [various], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Ream Wrappers [P.2006.1.30a-c]