Depicts a brook running through grassy area surrounded by bare trees., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Possibly #239 from the Philadelphia Photographic Salon, 1898.
Creator
Welford, Jeanie A., photographer
Date
ca. 1897
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Welford [P.8983.49]
Depicts grassy vegetation and a stream in the foreground, extending to a hill in the distance, upon which sits unidentified residences and farms., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Mary Panzer.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.9123.1]
Album of snapshots showing the Logan family residence Loudoun erected for Thomas Armat (photographer's great grandfather) in 1800 at 4650 Germantown Avenue and Stenton, the Logan family country seat at 4601 North Eighteenth Street in Germantown.
Landscape view showing a man standing on a dirt path in the mountains flanked by terrain covered with patches of snow and ice., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed text on verso: This photograph was made in the month of July, showing the mountains of Norway where snow lies the greater portion of the year., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
c1896
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Views [P.9521.6]
Landscape view showing the steep misty waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, Ca. surrounded by smooth rock and trees., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing description of Yosemite Valley printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
c1897
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Views [P.9521.7]
Landscape view showing rapids in the shallow, rocky section of the tree-lined creek., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint on mount., Tan curved mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Schaeffer., Webster & Albee, formed by Charles R. Webster and Josephus Albee, were known for their pirated views.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Webster & Albee [P.9190]
Album of snapshots showing the Logan family residence Loudoun erected for Thomas Armat (photographer's great grandfather) in 1800 at 4650 Germantown Avenue and Stenton, the Logan family country seat at 4601 North Eighteenth Street in Germantown. Contains interior views of Loudoun depicting the parlor and a bedroom. Also includes views of the Stenton grounds showing a wood pile, a hay stack, and rafts of lumber floating down a creek, possibly Wingohocking and portraiture, including an image of the photographer at her camera outside of the Stenton residence. Furniture and interior decoration includes arm chairs, settes, tables, framed paintings, chandeliers, fireplaces, sculpted busts, desks, mantlepieces, lamps, framed photographs, and plates. Also contains a portrait of her brother Albanus Charles; a group portrait, including the photographer, Albanus, and a woman identified as C. Dallett in front of George Logan's barn at Stenton; and an exterior view of a large stone residence captioned "Sammy [Gilles?]," possibly a tenant house on the Stenton property., Title supplied by cataloger., Leather binding, front cover stamped: Photographs., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso of tipped in photographs., Some tipped in photographs contain manuscript notes on verso. One photograph contains manuscript note on recto and verso. Recto: Room in L[oudoun] Return. Verso: The table 100 years old here is by this bed & a antique desk by fireplace., Insert: Folded fabric bookmark., Label for "Ward's Dark Leaf Albums" pasted on back cover advertising the size, style, and price for their "two styles of binding": Art Cloth and Seal Grain. Prices range from 25 cents to $2.50 for 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 to 10 x 12 inches., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See also loose prints of Loudoun and Stenton by Logan (photo - 5x7 - [P.9276.82-93])., Maria Dickinson Logan, daughter of Anna Armat (1820-1895) and great great granddaughter of James Logan Gustavus Logan (1674-1751), resided, photographed, and worked to preserve the Logan family Germantown estates Loudoun and Stenton. At her death in 1939, Logan, a Colonial Dame, bequeathed several pieces of family furniture to Stenton (under the stewardship of the National Society of Colonial Dames since the early 20th century) as well as her residence, Loudoun, to the city of Philadelphia for use as a historic house.
Creator
Logan, Maria Dickinson, 1857-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9276.81]
Landscape view depicting the water gap between the Blue Mountain range near Palmerton created by the Lehigh River. Includes tree-covered mountain sides., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamburg, Germany, and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's imprint on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Views [P.9573.21]
