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- Title
- [ South wing bronze doors, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
- Description
- Colorful, but unfinished, design drawing of the bronze, south wing doors to the new Capitol building, designed by Joseph M. Huston, and constructed between 1902 and 1906. Shows two Pennsylvania Coat of Arms medallions in the panels and a stained glass lunette window with a keystone above the door., Title supplied by cataloguer., Architect's signature on recto: J.M. Huston, The Pennsylvania State Capitol building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 after designs by Joseph M. Huston., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
- Date
- ca. 1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.65]
- Title
- [ North corridor, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Colorful architectural rendering of the North Corridor in the new Capitol building, designed by Joseph M. Huston, and constructed between 1902 and 1906. Shows rib vaulting in the ceiling, bays divided by pilasters with gilded capitals and portrait heads representing the various nationalities that make up the Commonwealth., Title supplied by cataloguer., Architect's signature on recto: J.M. Huston, The Pennsylvania State Capitol building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 after designs by Joseph M. Huston., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Reproduced in The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee's Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.: Integra Graphics, 2006), pp. vi, 101., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
- Date
- 1902
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.66]
- Title
- [Entrance hall, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Colorful architetural rendering of entrance hall, showing details of sculptures over doorway, arches, and floor design with horses and state seal., Title supplied by cataloguer., Signature and seal of Joseph M. Huston, architect, on recto., Huston was commissioned to design the Capitol, constructed between 1902 and 1906 to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., See P.8479.106 for photographic reproduction of drawing., Reproduced in The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee's Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.: Integra Graphics, 2006), p. 100., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
- Date
- ca. 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.67]
- Title
- [ House Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
- Description
- Colorful architectural rendering of the interior of the House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol building, constructed by Joseph M. Huston between 1902 to 1906. View looking northwest toward the front podium, showing auditorium seating, a dome, and a mural under the cove ceiling above the central podium. Ocular stained glass windows line the walls., Title supplied by cataloguer., The Pennsylvania State Capitol building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 after designs by Joseph M. Huston., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Reproduced in The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee's Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.: Integra Graphics, 2006), p. 91., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
- Date
- ca. 1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.63]
- Title
- Sketches of the Capitol of Pennsylvania, April, 1905 by Otto Henry Bacher, 1856-1909
- Description
- Seventeen pencil and chalk sketches depict various exterior views of the Capitol and surrounding properties during the construction of the building., [Dedicated] to Joseph M. Huston with compliments of Otto H. Bacher., Architect Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new Capitol building, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909
- Date
- April 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.105]
- Title
- [Wall elevation in House Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Colorful architectural rendering of a wall in the House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol building. Includes pairs of Corinthian columns spaced between each tall window, capped by the entablature and ocular stained glass windows near the ceiling., Title supplied by cataloguer., Huston was commissioned to design the Capitol, constructed between 1902 and 1906 to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
- Date
- ca. 1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.64]
- Title
- [Main rotunda elevation, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Colorful architectural rendering of a detailed cross section of the main rotunda and dome of the Capitol building. Drawn by architect Joseph M. Huston, who was commissioned to design the structure. Building constructed between 1902 and 1906 to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Reproduced in The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee's Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.: Integra Graphics, 2006), p. 98., Reproduced in Drawing Toward Building: Philadelphia Architectural Graphics 1732-1986 (Philadelphia: Published for the Academy of the Fine Arts by the University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986) p. 178., Photographic reproduction of architectural drawing also held by repository, see P.8479.109., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
- Date
- 1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.62]
- Title
- Chew House Germantown
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. View includes the west wing of the estate house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from manuscript note on verso: Chew House Germantown. [43?] Ross. [#H.B.?] Pencil., Date inferred from aesthetic style of drawing., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2018., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.61.10]
- Title
- Chew House Germantown
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. View includes the west wing of the estate house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from manuscript note on verso: Chew House Germantown. [43?] Ross. [#H.B.?] Pencil., Date inferred from aesthetic style of drawing., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2018., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.61.10]
- Title
- [Gir ard Trust Company on South Broad Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Exterior view of the Girard Trust Company building constructed in 1905 to 1907 based on designs by Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead & White at 34-60 South Broad Street, Philadelphia. Shows the building, inspired by the Roman Pantheon, with porticos supported by Ionic columns, pediments decorated with a portrait of Stephen Girard and ships, and a dome. Numerous pedestrians walk along the sidewalks. Also visible are City Hall and the Land Title Building., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from date of construction of the building and accompanying label., Labels removed from the frame: For [Girard Trust Ceo.], Order No. [A149], Date [6-8-08], Ketterlinus Litho Mfg. Co. Philadelphia. [R356]. Mellon Bank No #1., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022.
- Date
- [ca. 1908]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.18]
- Title
- [Entrance hall, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pa.]
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of an architectural drawing by Joseph M. Huston showing details of sculptures over door, arches, and floor design with horses and state seal in the entrance hall of the Capitol building. Huston was commissioned to design the structure, constructed between 1902 and 1906 to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Title supplied by cataloguer., Signature of Joseph M. Huston on drawing., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., See P.8479.67 for original architectural drawing, also held by repository., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Date
- ca. 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.106]
- Title
- [Main rotunda elevation, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Competition drawing depicting a detailed cross section of the main rotunda and dome of the Capitol building. Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the structure, constructed between 1902 and 1906 to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Reproduced in The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee's Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.: Integra Graphics, 2006), p. 109., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Date
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.71]
- Title
- [Main rotunda elevation, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a competition drawing depicting a detailed cross section of the main rotunda and dome of the Capitol building. Drawn by architect Joseph M. Huston, who was commissioned to design the structure. Building constructed between 1902 and 1906 to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Notes in pencil scribbled on mount., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Original architectural drawing also held by repository, see P.8479.62., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Date
- 1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.109]
- Title
- [Supreme Court elevation, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of drawing depicting a detailed cross section of the Supreme Court in the Capitol building. Includes the green and gold hemispheric glass dome created by Alfred Godwin., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso of mount., Architect Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the Capitol building, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Geisse, F. William, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.110]
- Title
- [Elevation, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of drawing depicting a detailed cross section of an unidentified wall decorated with five murals separated by Caryatid figures. Includes similar design elements as the Supreme Court Chamber., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso of mount., Architect Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the Capitol building, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Geisse, F. William, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.111]
- Title
- [Stevens-Cogdell and Sanders-Venning family portrait collection]
- Description
- Primarily studio portraits and snapshots of members of the Venning line of the middle-class Philadelphia African American family descended from the 19th-century white South Carolinian Richard Walpole Cogdell (1787-1866), and Sarah Martha Sanders (1815-1850), a Black enslaved woman. Includes professionally photographed group portraits depicting the family's participation in the Philadelphia African American music community of the early 20th century, including: the Mendelssohn Singing Society; Sid Stratton's Orchestra; the Treble Clef Mandolin and Guitar Club; and the Soap Box Social, a minstrel club associated with the African American political club, Citizen's Republican Club. Other formal portraiture includes the graduation portrait for the South Philadelphia High School for Girls class of 1921, including Lillie Venning and contralto Marian Anderson, and a group portrait of the Citizens Republican Club (ca. 1910). Collection also contains studio portraits and snaphots photographed during family summer excursions to Pleasantville and Atlantic City, New Jersey; portraits of family friends and family members through marriage; silhouettes of members of the Cogdell family cut by Master Hankes, i.e., Jarvis F. Hanks (ca. 1828); and an album (ca. 1860-ca. 1913) containing portraits of members of the Venning family and of unidentified sitters., Sitters include members from the Cogdell family, the Venning family, the Capps family, and the Saunders family. Cogdell family members include: Cecilia Cogdell, wife of Richard Walpole Cogdell, and three of their sons - James Gordon Cogdell, George Burgess Cogdell, and John Walpole Cogdell. Venning family members include: Richard Cogdell and Sarah Sanders' daughter, Julia Sanders Venning, her husband Edward Y. Venning (a contractor), and his brother, Richard DeReef Venning (a government clerk). Julia Sanders Venning and Edward Y. Venning's children - Louise Sanders Venning, Miranda Cogdell Venning (a school principal), Oliver Casey Venning (family historian), George Edward Venning (postal worker), Sarah (Sallie) Venning (Holden) (substitute teacher), and her husband William B. Holden (caterer). George Edward Venning and Julia Capps Venning's children - Mary Venning, Martha Venning (Bowie), and her husband Charles Bowie. Capps family members include: Julia Capps Venning's father Augustus Capps (butler), and her siblings, Lillie Capps Adams (educator/musician), Oscar Capps (post office clerk), Adolphus Capps (an undertaker), Berkley Capps (bellman), and Meta Capps (Thomas). Other sitters include family members George Saunders; Agnes Saunders; Georgine Rex Saunders (Chew); Mary Saunders (Patterson) (soprano and music instructor of Marian Anderson); Susan Saunders (Williams); Richard Sanders Chew; and Charles Sanders Chew; and acquaintances African American bibliophile and Tribune columnist William C. Bolivar, African American undertaker Joseph Seth, and Mrs. and Dr. Perry., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Date of silhouettes inferred from active dates in Charleston, S.C. of silhouettist Jarvis F. Hanks. See Charleston Courier, March 13, 1828, 2 and "For A Few Days," Charleston Courier, March 31, 1928, 3., Various photographers, including the following Philadelphia photographers: Bell Studio; Frederick Gutekunst; H.D. Garns & Co.; Moses S. Hagaman; Charles Hagemann & Co.; Frank W. Harris, Jr.; Miles & Foster; Parlor Gallery; Charles M. Sullivan; and Daniel Slutzky Studio., Sitters identified by descendants, from manuscript notes on versos, and/or accompanying photographic prints., P.9367.32, ca. 1900 pastel portrait of possibly Clara, nurse to children and grandchildren of Sarah Sanders and R. W. Cogdell, after ca. 1875 tintype photographed by J. Fenton (729 South St., Phila.), P.2012.37.1.23b, Richard DeReef Venning Album, Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1991, p. 26-31., Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky., LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45., Genealogical chart available at repository., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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., Middle-class African American family active in the Philadelphia African American political, social, educational, and cultural community from the 1850s to the 20th century. The family was involved in several prominent local African American institutions, including the St. Thomas P.E. Church, Church of the Crucifixion, Central Presbyterian Church, the Colored Institute of Youth, and the Citizens Republican Club.
- Date
- [ca. 1830 - ca. 1940, bulk 1910-1925]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT. Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection [P.9367.1-51]