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Title: Old Philadelphia Views Album
Description: Album of photographs, predominately half stereographs, of landscape views of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Images include views of Frankford Creek, Tohickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek, Tacony Creek, Pleasantville, Crescentville, Germantown, Fairmount Park near the water works, and winter scenery. Also contains photographs of Stenton, Woodlands Cemetery, the Desilverwood Estate (Holmesburg), the Burd family monuments at St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia), the city garden of Joseph R. Evans (329 Pine Street), Atlantic City, and Richmond, Va. Images include trees, creek banks, rocks, waterfalls, dams, bridges, mills, and farm land. Many also include posed figures, including a man, probably one of Moran's artist brothers Edward or Thomas, painting in a ravine and scenes titled "Student at Work"; "Autumn in the Woods - burning leaves"; and "Sit up Sir" showing a man with a dog.

Title: Susquehanna Valley and Starucca Viaduct
Description: Landscape view showing railroad tracks near the Susquehanna River. Incorporated as the New York and Erie Railroad in 1832, the railroad was reorganized as the Erie Railway in 1861. The Starucca Viaduct in Lanesboro, Pa., constructed by the railroad in 1848 after the designs of engineers James P. Kirkwood and Julius W. Adams, is visible in the distant background. A man stands in the foreground., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Possibly photographed by C.W. Buell., Walker, a stationery store owner and publisher of New York stereographic views, had a working relationship with photographer C.W. Buell, who operated a studio from Walker's business address., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Walker, Lewis E., 1826-1916
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Walker [P.9168.8]

Title: North Conway & White Mountain scenery
Description: Portion of the series published by North Conway photographer Nathan W. Pease in 1870 documenting the landscape of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The mountains, spilt by the Crawford Notch, comprise two ranges named Presidential (east) and Franconia (west). The scenic mountains inspired the 19th-century "White Mountain School" of painting and the publication of several series of stereographic views in the mid to late nineteenth century., Views show the Crawford Notch; Middle Montain (North Conway); Diana's Baths waterfall (North Conway); the Flume gorge with Pendent Boulder (also known as the "Great Hanging Boulder") at Franconia Notch; Crystal Cascade waterfall at the Pinkham Notch; Glen Ellis Falls; and the carriage road and "half-way house and ledge" on Mt. Washington. Views also show a stream, cliffs, trees, and a couple., Titles printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Series numbers: 26, 53, 128, 149, 151, 165., Seven of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., Described in "Stereoscopic Views and Photographs." Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 1 (Sept. 1870), p. 165., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Pease established his New Hampshire photographic studio in 1858.
Creator: Pease, Nathan W., 1836-1918
Date: [1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Pease - Views - White Mountains [5739.61c-d; 5739.F.61h; 5739.F.62a-c; 5739.F.62e; P.9022.15]

Title: [Views of Milestown, Philadelphia along Old York Road, north of Branchtown, and above Oak Lane.]
Description: Series of views of the Philadelphia neighborhood. Shows a rundown cottage near a row of trees; a mill; and a creek. Views also include boys posed near the sites, including boys with a rowboat and holding fishing nets., Attributed to John Moran., Cream mounts with square corners., Three of images accompanied by labels., Series numbers include: 22., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of American views and Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization 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. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Milestown [5739.F.1e; 5739.F.55b; 5759.F.1h; 5759.F.3c & i]

Title: Forge Tail race, Rolanville [sic], near Phila
Description: View showing a simply constructed wood building near the millrace in the Philadelphia neighborhood near Tacony Creek and Wyoming Avenue., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Rowlandville [5759.F.3e]

Title: On Catawissa Island, Catawissa Pa
Description: Landscape view showing a man walking over fallen trees in a wooded area. A railroad bridge stands in the distance., Title from manuscript note on accompanying label., Buff mount with square corners., Attributed to John Moran., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views and political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [5759.F.9b]

Title: [Views on Tacony Creek, Philadelphia]
Description: Views include a water fall, trees, and brush near the creek. Majority of views depict the creek during the winter., Title supplied by cataloguer., Contains five stereographic prints mounted on white or yellow mounts with square corners and accompanied by labels, including four stamped with the photographer's imprint., Series numbers include: 1, 3, 17., Two originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany and views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Tacony Creek [(8)1322.F.39g; 5759.F.1e; P.8979.4-5; P.9260.78]

Title: The gap at Mainville, Pa
Description: Shows a group of elegantly dressed men and a woman standing on a ridge above a valley near the Catawissa Creek and Catawissa Mountain. Also shows a covered bridge and a homestead., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Mainville [5759.F.3a]

Title: [Views on the Tohickon Creek, Point Pleasant, Bucks County, Pa.]
Description: Views showing the rocky hillsides; the Geddes Brook, a tributary to the creek; and the creek. Tohickon Creek runs from the Nockamixon Dam to confluence with the Delaware River., Title supplied by cataloguer., Contains four stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white mounts with square corners and accompanied by labels, including three stamped with the photographer's imprint and one containing a distributor's stamp on the verso., One of images originally from a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Series numbers include: 80, 88., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Tochickon [5759.F.3j; 8248.F.5; P.8545; P.8979.3]

Title: Views on the Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Landscape views showing the creek, creek bed, Wissahickon Road (i.e., Wissahickon Drive), public drinking fountain, and a bucolic area near the Wissahickon Valley residence, the Hermitage. Many of the views also include posed figures., Contains nine stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white mounts with square corners, including seven with titles, one with the photographer's imprint, and one with the distributor's imprint (The London Stereoscopic Company). Also contains one stereographic print mounted on paper., Six of the images 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Parks [(3)1322.F.132d; (3)1322.F.135a; (3)1322.F.137b-e; (3)1322.F.137i; P.8544; P.9260.79; P.9462.17]

Title: Scenery of Pennsylvania. Cattawissa Rail Road
Description: Incomplete collection of the series, published by John Moran between 1862 and 1868, of scenic views along the Catawissa Railroad, including views in Lycoming, Carbon, and Schuylkill County. Two unlabeled views titled "Bridge over the Susquehanna at Williamsport" and "Tunnel at Summit Station" included as part of the series. Incorporated in 1831 and opened in 1854, the passenger and commercial railroad traveled through the mountains near Blue Ridge connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Views predominately depict Catawissa Island, a retreat on the Susquehanna River below the town of Catawissa. Views include scenes near a farm and the river. Series also contains views of Lycoming Creek; McCauley Mountain and Railroad; Pine Swamp at Ringtown; base of Summit Hill, Quakake Railroad; and head waters of the Schuylkill River, Summit Station. Many of the views contain posed male figures, including possibly John Moran. Two of the views include a railroad car and railroad tracks., Buff and cream mounts with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso of sixteen views in the series., Imprint of distributor, James W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street, Phila. stamped on verso of two of the series., Label of distributor, McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia pasted on verso of one of the series., Five of the series are numbered: No. 150, 153, 158, 162 1/2, 174, and 184., Title stamped on mount of sixteen of the series., Three of series originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views and political miscellany., Includes accession numbers: 5759.F.9b; 5759.F.3h; 5759.F.1j; P.8546; P.8992.1-.11; P.8979.6-9., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward. The men visited and documented the Catawissa Valley around 1862.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [5759.F.9b; 5759.F.3h; 5759.F.1j; P.8546; P.8992.1-11; P.8979.6-9]

Title: Scenery of the Allegheny Mountains and Pennsylvania Central R[ail] R[oad]
Description: Incomplete collection of the series, published by John Moran circa 1863, showing scenic views of the Allegheny Mountains and Conemaugh and Susquehanna rivers along the Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad (incorporated in 1846) traveled from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh through the mountain passage known as the "Horse Shoe Curve," completed in 1854. Three views attrtibuted to Moran titled, "Head Waters of the Susquehanna, Cambria Co., PA.," "Kittaning Point, Allegheny Mountains," and "The pass through Jack's Mountain, Huntingdon, Co." included as part of the series., Views depict: the forest at the summit of the Alleghanies; an overlook and rocky valley at Kittaning Point in the Alleghenies; old bed of the Conemaugh River; sand ridge at Mapleton at the foot of Jack's Mountain; views of the head waters of the Susquehanna River in Cambria County, and a canal lock in "Jack's Narrows" on the Juniata River. Three of the views include posed male figures., Cream mounts with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso of six views in the series., Six of the series are numbered: No. 237, 244, 254, 259, 260, and 294., Title stamped on mounts., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward. He resided at 806 Coates Street between 1862 and 1864.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8979.10; P.8992.14-19; P. 9462.20; P.9466.15]

Title: A slate quarry Burlington, N.J
Description: View of the quarry and ridge., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Industry [P.8464.11]

Title: [McCauley Mountain Rail Road]
Description: Depicts tracks leading to the McCauley Mountain Railroad bridge on the Catawissa Railroad near a farm residence in Maineville. Four men sit and stand on the tracks. The railroad, incorporated in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the Blue Ridge Mountains connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Manuscript note on verso: MCauly Mtn. R.R., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Series title from duplicate stereograph., Duplicate entitled McCauley Bridge, McCauley Mountain R.R., Pa. (P.8992.3)., Digitization 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [P.9462.16]

Title: McCauley Bridge, McCauley Mountain R.R., Pa
Description: Depicts tracks leading to the Catawissa Railroad bridge which passes over a farm residence near Maineville. Four men sit and stand on the tracks. The railroad, organized in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the mountains near Blue Ridge connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Contains distributor's stamp on verso: James W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8992.3]

Title: Summer rambles. - Frankford Creek
Description: View of a tree stump covered with brush on the bank of the Frankford Creek in Philadelphia, Pa. The stump, with an overgrowth of plants on top of it, rests on the edge of the bank as the creek flows around it. Trees and shrubs are visible growing in the background., Attributed to John Moran., Half of stereograph., Yellow mount with square corners., Title stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., See duplicate copy: Doret Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.51]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Frankford [5759.F.19]

Title: [Crescentville - last of winter]
Description: Shows a boy in a pasture in front of possibly a mill. Also shows the bridge near the dam breast at Crescentville in the distant background., Cream mount with square corners., Title and photographer from duplicate in Moran album. [P.9265], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Accompanied by label misidentifying view., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Milestown [5759.F.3d]

Title: The scenery of the Northern Central Railway. Watkins Glen
Description: Part of a series of views showing the ravines, waterfalls, rock caverns and formations at Watkins Glen, a popular New York tourist site at the southern end of Seneca Lake along the Northern Central Railway. The railroad, consolidiated and named the Northern Central Railway in 1855, was purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1863 and provided service from Baltimore to central New York. Watkins Glen, a gorge formed from glaciers, served as a privately operated tourist attraction from circa 1864 -1906 when the site was converted into a state park., Views depict: the Entrance Gorge; Entrance Cascade; Entrance Amphitheatre; the waterfalls and ravine of Glen Alpha; the waterfalls, ravine, and creek near Glen Cathedral; the waterfalls at Minnehaha; Mammoth Gorge; Rainbow Falls; an erosion-sculpted pool at Frowning Cliff; Shadow Gorge; the Artists's Dream Gorge; the Giant's Gorge; and the chalet-style hotel, the Swiss Cottage. Many of the views include the wooden stairways and bridges used to traverse the gorge. Several of the views also include tourists visiting the site., Series title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Series numbered. Collection contains: 1200; 1202; 1203; 1205-8; 1215; 1218-20; 1222; 1250; 1258; 1261; 1263-64; and 1279., View #1279 contains distributor's label on verso: From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 19 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Family groups taken for the stereoscope, and photographs in all its branches., Gift of Anna S., James H., Anthony M., Cynthia C. Maier and Marianna M. Thomas., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.9844.1-17; P.9734.5]

Title: View of the high banks & bed of Genesee River
Description: Landscape view showing a gorge through which the river flows., Title from label on negative., Unmounted half stereograph., Inscribed in negative: 135., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New York., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [5741.F.76b]

Title: The scenery of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road
Description: Scenic views showing the Horse Shoe Curve and Pack Saddle along the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Views also show locomotives, men posed on rock ledges, including one labeled "Sit Box," railroad tracks, and townscape., Series title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Three of the series numbered. Collection contains: 341; 517; 703., Two of stereographs inscribed on verso: T.N. Haskill., Gift of Jessy Randall., Created postfreeze., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, William T.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.2005.19.1-4]

Title: Cheat River, Rowlesburg, W. Va
Description: Landscape view showing the Cheat River in Rowlesburg, West Virginia. The river is flanked by tree-covered hills., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with rounded 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9466.14]

Title: Catawissa Creek, Pa
Description: Landscape view showing a man standing on the bank of Catawissa Creek looking across at the opposite tree-lined bank., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Family groups taken for the stereoscope., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward. He published views of Catawissa Valley and Catawissa Island, a retreat on the Susquehanna River below the town of Catawissa, between 1862 and 1868.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [P.9462.13]

Title: On the Pennypack Creek, Holmesburg
Description: Landscape view showing the three-span stone arch Pennypack Creek Bridge (i.e., Frankford Avenue Bridge) from the tree-lined creek. Bridge built 1697-1698., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: No. 44, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9168.12]

Title: "Now Autumn leaves are falling fast, and rustle on the ground."
Description: View showing two men in the woods amidst bare trees. One man stands and grasps a small tree trunk and the other reclines in the leaves., Attributed to John Moran., Title from label pasted on verso., 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. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9260.77]

Title: View on the Brandywine, near Wilmington, Del
Description: Faded view showing a bridge spanning the shallow creek. Includes large rocks in the foreground., Attributed to John Moran., Title from label pasted on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Buff mount with rounded 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9040.2]

Title: Cape Town from the Clough Road, Cape of Good Hope, Africa
Description: View showing the cityscape in the distance with rocky terrain in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., 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
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9146]

Title: Rising mist after rain. Juniata River
Description: Landscape view showing a man standing on railroad tracks running parallel to the Juniata River. Also shows mountains in the distance., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8992.21]

Title: [Lily pond]
Description: Landscape view showing a lily pond surrounded by plants and ferns., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's label pasted on verso., 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. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.22]

Title: View of Niagara Falls, New York and Ontario
Description: View of the falls in the distant background. Includes a tent labeled "photographic and stereoscopic views of the falls" sheltering a camera in the left foreground., Photographer's stamp pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mason - Views [P.9022.9]

Title: In the new park, Phila
Description: Landscape view showing a winding path flanked by trees in Fairmount Park, which was officially created by an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1867., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners. Mount in two equal pieces held together by paper pasted on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9814]

Title: Falls on the Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view showing a small dam or waterfall on the tree-lined, shallow Wissahickon Creek. Includes a man sitting on large rocks in the foreground., Title on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9146.1]

Title: Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view showing the calm waters of the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 36., Pink 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 - Parks [P.9022.37]

Title: Jobo
Description: View showing the trunk of a large jobo tree (Spondias momben ; Spondias lutea) in Cuba. Members of the Amateur Photographic Exchange Club distributed their own prints with homemade labels to all other members for review. The club operated from 1861-63., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on printed label pasted on verso., Description printed on label pasted on verso: Amateur Photographic Exchange Club ; Negative, Wet Collodion. ; (Pronounced in Spanish, Hobo.) This tree is formed by the natural intertwining of a number of vines which adhere to each other at various points of contact, leaving a hollow space in the centre., Buff mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Guilloû, Constant, 1812-1872
Date: Sept. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Guilloû - Views [P.8644]

Title: Marsh vegetation
Description: Landscape view shows a woman seated and leaning next to a tree near a creek., Attributed to John Moran., Title stamped on mount., Distributor's stamp, printed in red ink, pasted on verso., 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
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9326.1]

Title: Old Philadelphia views 1861
Description: Album of photographs, predominately half stereographs, of landscape views of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Images include views of Frankford Creek, Tohickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek, Tacony Creek, Pleasantville, Crescentville, Germantown, Fairmount Park near the water works, and winter scenery. Also contains photographs of Stenton, Woodlands Cemetery, the Desilverwood Estate (Holmesburg), the Burd family monuments at St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia), the city garden of Joseph R. Evans (329 Pine Street), Atlantic City, and Richmond, Va. Images include trees, creek banks, rocks, waterfalls, dams, bridges, mills, and farm land. Many also include posed figures, including a man, probably one of Moran's artist brothers Edward or Thomas, painting in a ravine and scenes titled "Student at Work"; "Autumn in the Woods - burning leaves"; and "Sit up Sir" showing a man with a dog., Title from inscription on spine., Spine stamped in gilt: Photographs., Blue morocco binding., Photographs arranged four to a page, numbered, and identified by captions inscribed below the images., Letter from Ferdinand J. Dreer to [George W. Childs?], March 12, 1861 pasted on verso of front cover. Letter begins "Accept from your friend a few photographs & stereoscope views... of the work of a young native artist" and explains they were not sent for "their intrinsic value, but as beautiful studies and highly artistic.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Ruth Molloy.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: 1860-1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9265]

Title: Views of Mount Washington, New Hampshire
Description: Winter views of snow-capped rocks on Mount Washington and Tuckerman's Ravine in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. One view depicts two men sitting on the rocks in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mounts with square corners., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bierstadt Brothers were active ca. 1860-1867 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Sold their gallery to S.F. Adams in 1867.
Creator: Bierstadt Brothers, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bierstadt Brothers - Views [P.9022.2-4]

Title: Views of the Delaware Water Gap
Description: Views of individuals recreating near the Delaware River, Caldeno Creek, and Rebecca's Bath in the area of the Delaware Water Gap. Includes a man sitting on a rock and reading near railroad tracks overlooking the river, a distant view of Kittatinny Hotel on Mount Minsi, and children sitting on rocks and benches near the river and streams., Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Distributor's stamp on verso of P.9168.4: William Y. McAllister, Phila. Jul. 31, 1868., Stamped on verso of P.8484.9: J.W. Deane., Manuscript note on verso of P.8484.10: Seely., Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.11-12: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll., 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.8484.9-12; P.9168.4]

Title: Views from the Reading Railroad near Reading, Pa
Description: Views of the rocky landscape adjacent to railroad tracks near Reading, Pa., including the Lebanon Valley Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Includes a man standing in front of a steep, rocky hill and a horse-drawn coach resting near the river. The bridge, completed in 1857, was burned down during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877., Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.19 and P.8484.21: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll., 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.8484.19-21; P.8731.1; P.9462.7]

Title: Rinkermink (Cobb) Creek, Mount Moriah Cemetery
Description: View of leafy branches from trees and bushes on the creek's banks extending over the water. Mount Moriah Cemetery is divided by Cobbs Creek, the boundry between Philadelphia and Delaware Counties., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister, Phila., Jun. 27, 1868., Yellow mount with square 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 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.9085.3]

Title: On the Wissahickon above Ridge Av
Description: View of creek with large rocks flanked by trees above the Ridge Avenue bridge. The body and pillar of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge before the construction of the high, stone arch bridge that spans the river today is partially visible. Construction of the bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882., Yellow mount with square 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 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.9085.1]

Title: Beauties of the Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view of a small dam or waterfall on the tree-lined, shallow Wissahickon Creek. Includes large rocks in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Falls., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P., (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks [P.9276.57]

Title: Beauties of the Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view of a small dam or waterfall on the tree-lined, shallow Wissahickon Creek. Includes large rocks in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Falls., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P., (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks [P.9276.57]

Title: Views of Tuckerman's Ravine and Mount Washington, White Mountains, New Hampshire, 1861-1862
Description: Series of titled views documenting the landscape of the White Mountains in New Hampshire include, "Pillar of snow, Tuckerman's Ravine, August 28, 1861," "Mt. Washington Carriage Road, at ledge--looking down," and "Interior of snow arch--Tuckerman's Ravine, August 14, 1862". The mountains, spilt by the Crawford Notch, comprise two ranges named Presidential (east) and Franconia (west). The scenic mountains inspired the 19th-century "White Mountain School" of painting and the publication of several series of stereographic views in the mid to late nineteenth century., Views show Mount Washington, part of the Presidential Range, and Tuckerman's Ravine, located on the east side of Mount Washington. They include three men surveying a large block of ice in the ravine; a horse-drawn carriage pulling a man up an inclined dirt-road; and an expedition party sitting and standing with walking sticks from the interior of a cave filled with rocks., Title supplied by cataloger., Titles of individual stereographs printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Pale yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Soule maintained photographic studios on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts ca. 1861 to 1882 before relocating to Seattle, Washington.
Creator: Soule, John P., 1828-1904
Date: [ca. 1861-1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Soule - Views [P.9022.12-14]

Title: Rambles on the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Landscape view shows large boulders or rock formations on the banks of the Wissahickon Creek. A man stands leaning against one of the large rocks., Title and photographer from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square 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: Storey, John, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Storey - Parks [P.9047.52]

Title: Lore Mountain, from Dinis Road, Killarny [sic], Ireland
Description: Landscape view showing men and women sitting in a beached rowboat on a rocky shore. A strip of tree-covered land juts into the water in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in black text on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Views [P.9022.32]

Title: Rinkermink (Cobb) Creek, Mount Moriah Cemetery
Description: Landscape view showing two men, one standing and one squatting, in a creek. Leafy branches from trees and bushes on the creek's banks extend over the water. A bridge is visible in the background. Mount Moriah Cemetery is divided by Cobbs Creek, the boundry between Philadelphia and Delaware Counties., Title from printed label pasted on verso., Publisher'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.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Views [P.9644.18]

Title: View at Landsdown
Description: Landscape view from hilltop showing trees in Lansdowne section of West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9466.18]

Title: Falls on the Wissahickon
Description: Elevated landscape view, possibly from upper floors of a nearby mill building or bridge, of a dam on Wissahickon Creek., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.4]

Title: Wissahickon Creek
Description: Landscape view of the calm Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and bushes., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.5]

Title: The Wissahickon at Hermit's Glen
Description: Elevated landscape view of the Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees, bushes and boulders., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.7]

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