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Title: St. Vincents German Orphans Home, Tacony, Pena.[sic]
Description: Exterior view of the orphanage and grounds from the Delaware River. Shows boys, girls, and nuns lining up to enter the building. A steamboat, a scull, and a small sailboat appear on the river. Founded by the German Roman Catholic School Society of Philadelphia in 1856 in response to the large influx of German immigrants to the city. Ground for the building was broken the same year., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 237
Creator: Waeschle, John, lithographer
Date: ca. 1877
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Education [7544.F]

Title: Horticultural Hall, Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia Compliments of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Incorporated 1829
Description: Bird's eye view of the Horticultural Hall built after the designs of Hermann Schwarzmann. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot in the foreground. Couples and individuals stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, and converse. Also shows a woman pushing a man in a wheelchair. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes and trees. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Attributed to Louis Aubrun., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 362, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis
Date: c1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.3]

Title: Art Gallery, Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia Compliments of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company
Description: Bird's eye view of the exhibition building, the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall, designed by Herman Schwartzmann. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot and carriage in the foreground. Couples stroll the grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Also shows a fountain in the right of the image. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Probably by Louis Aubrun., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 25, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.4]

Title: [Views of Centennial Exhibition buildings]
Description: Series of views, possibly issued as loose souvenir prints, of prominent buildings at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Buildings include the Art Gallery; Main Building; Horticultural Hall; Machinery Hall; Agricultural Hall; U.S. Government Building; Women's Pavilion; and Judge's Hall. Views include heavy pedestrian traffic as well as visitors traveling the grounds by carriage. The Centennial celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloguer., Variants of plates issued as Centennial Portfolio. 1st Series. Eight Views of Centennial Buildings ([Philadelphia]: Published by Thos. Hunter, No. 716 Filbert Street, [1876]). Also issued as Thompson Westcott's Centennial Portfolio. Thomas Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Centennial and Columbian Exposition views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 810a-h. POS 810a: Agricultural Hall. POS 810b:Art Gallery. POS 810c: Horticultural Hall. POS 810d: Judges Hall. POS 810e: Machinery Hall. POS 810f: Main Building. POS 810g: U.S. Government Building. POS 810h: Womens Pavilion.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [5758.F.25c&d; 26e&f; 27c&d; 28b&c]

Title: Church of Our Lady of the Visitation, cor. Lehigh Ave. and Leamy St. Philadelphia Pa Rev. Thomas J. Barry pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic church, also known as Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, completed circa 1879 at 2625 B Street in Kensington. On the sidewalk, pairs of men converse near street lamps, two passing boys, and a well-dressed lady. In the street, a man rides on horseback past two priests as a woman with a little girl crosses nearby. Parish established circa 1873 under the name of St. Cecilia. Rev. Thomas J. Barry, who changed the location and name of the church, was appointed pastor in 1875., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 33, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of the Visitation
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of the Visitation

Title: Camp Woodward, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 23d Regiment N.G. S. N. Y. Col. Rodney C. Ward
Description: View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Soldiers stand guard, converse, sit in small clusters, and lie on the ground in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, a wagon, and men seated on a bench comprised of a slab of wood across two barrels. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours., Not in Wainwright., Name of printer supplied by duplicate in the collections of the Library of Congress., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 81, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 54 W 911
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918
Date: [1876]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 54 W 911

Title: Mishlers Garden Gold and sodium will cure all kinds of female complaints. To purify the blood it is warranted. Dr. Benjamin Mishler, Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa
Description: Advertisement showing the medicinal garden of patent medicine dealer Benjamin Mishler. A family and couple stand near the arched entrance of "Mishlers Garden" between two red stone buildings, possibly offices. Past the arch, women enter an enclosed promenade running through the center of the garden of trees, roots and plants. A yellow fence surrounds most of the property, except a section that is bordered by Lion Brewery, possibly another user of the garden. Also contains two promotions signed by S. H. Warwick, 324 N. Eighth St., Philadelphia offering $500 to any "graduated physician" who has a better cure than Mishler's Preparation of Gold and Sodium to "purify the blood" or treat "Syphilis, Scrofula, and Leprosy.", Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 148, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 39 M 678
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 39 M 678

Title: The monument to liberty to be erected in Independence Square, Philadelphia, designed by William W. Story
Description: View showing an unexecuted monument commissioned by the citizen's group National Commemoration Monument Association and designed by sculptor William Wetmore Story for the re-landscaping of the square for the Centennial celebration of 1876. Shows the figure of Liberty standing upon a column adorned with female allegorical figures; an eagle encircled by stars; fearsome animal heads; and floral ornaments. The monument was to be placed in the center of the square at the intersection of the main paths. In 1876, the committee asked to and was allowed to be released from a city ordinance, passed in March 1875, that required them to raise $50,000 for the erection of the monument and the project effort apparently dissolved., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 483, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 632 S 888
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 632 S 888

Title: Bird's eye view. Centennial International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876
Description: Bird's eye view looking toward East Fairmount Park showing the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Shows the English Commissioners Building, U.S. Government Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, Ladies' Pavilion, Judge's Hall, Horticultural Hall, offices, Photographic Hall, Art Gallery, and the Main Building. Also shows fountains, the Total Catholic Abstinence Fountain, and the Columbia Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Figures representing fair visitors populate the view. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower left corner. Key to buildings printed below the image. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 45, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views - Bird's eye view
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1875
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views - Bird's eye view

Title: Shoe & Leather Building. International Exhibition, 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia
Description: View of the exhibition building built after the designs of Alexander B. Barry that displayed all the mechanical processes of making shoes and boots. Includes several fair visitors on the grounds in front of the building. Individuals walk, converse, admire a fountain, enter the hall, and sit on a bench in a small landscaped area. The grounds are lined by a tree and bushes. Also shows part of Machinery Hall in the right of the image. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by William H. Huntington., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 695, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Shoe & Leather
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Shoe & Leather

Title: Camp Washington, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 7th Regiment N.G. Col. E. Clark, Com
Description: View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Most of the regiment stands in formation under the command of an officer on horseback in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, cannons, and a few soldiers on guard near a tent in the foreground. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 80
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Military [P.9684]

Title: Gloria Dei Or old Swede's Church, Swanson below Christian, Philadelphia. The oldest church organization in the city. Founded 1667, five years prior to the landing of William Penn. Present edifice erected 1700, and has been worshipped in continuously from that time
Description: Exterior 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 in Southwark. Shows a couple walking past the gravestones in the church cemetery and up the path to the entrance of Gloria Dei. Also includes neighboring buildings, trees on the cemetery grounds, and masts of ships in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 317, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Religion - G [P.2007.28.16]

Title: Independence Hall in 1776, Philadelphia. = Unabhängigkeits Halle = Edificio de la Independencia en 1776 = Hotel de L'Independance
Description: View representing the colonial era showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows light street and pedestrian traffic, including a conestoga wagon., Attributed to Louis Aubrun., Published in Thompson Westcott's Centennial portfolio: a souvenir of the International Exhibition at Philadelphia; comprising lithographic views of fifty of its principal buildings (Philadelphia: T. Hunter, 1876), p. 51., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 376, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, lithographer
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.16]

Title: Independence Hall in 1876, Philadelphia. = Unabhängigkeits Halle = Edificio de la Independencia en 1776 = Hotel de L'Independance
Description: Busy street view showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans (500 Chestnut); Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut); and the Public Ledger Building built 1866-1867 (600-606 Chestnut). Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages and street cars, congest the sidewalks and roadway. American flags adorn most of the buildings., Published in Thompson Westcott's Centennial portfolio: a souvenir of the International Exhibition at Philadelphia; comprising lithographic views of fifty of its principal buildings (Philadelphia: T. Hunter, 1876), p. 52., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 377, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, lithographer
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.17]

Title: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 1776
Description: View representing the colonial era showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows minor pedestrian traffic., Printed below the image: "Centennial Album" registered at the U. S. Patent Office July 20th, 1875, Published in Centennial Pocket Album (New York: Heppenheimer & Maurer, 1875), POS 378, Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone
Creator: Heppenheimer & Maurer
Date: [1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.15]

Title: Art Gallery. Main Building. Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye views of two of the exhibition buildings - the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall designed by Herman Schwartzmann and the Main building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions of the buildings in the lower left corner. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 26
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2006.28.7]

Title: St. Vincent de Paul's Church, Germantown, Pa
Description: View showing the church complex of the Catholic parish, including the church (built 1849-1851, enlarged 1857), and seminary and chapel (completed in 1879) at 109 East Price Street. Complex also includes a landscaped lawn with a statue, probably of St. Vincent de Paul. Horse-drawn carriages travel in front of the buildings near pedestrians, including a priest, on the sidewalk. The church was the first parish named after St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission., Contains dashed lines below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 236, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 131 S 155, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Vincent de Paul
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 131 S 155

Title: Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet containing 2 views of landscapes in Fairmount Park titled "In Robert's Hollow oppst. Laurel Hill" and "Ravine below Laurel Hill, Philada." Views include waterfalls, brooks, rocky cliffs, spectators, trees, and animal life. Spectators include young men and a boy., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 234, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 81 L 372, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Roberts Hollow, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Ravine

Title: Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet containing 2 views of landscapes in Fairmount Park titled "In Robert's Hollow oppst. Laurel Hill" and "Ravine below Laurel Hill, Philada." Views include waterfalls, brooks, rocky cliffs, spectators, trees, and animal life. Spectators include young men and a boy., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 234, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 81 L 372, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Roberts Hollow, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Ravine

Title: St. Michael's Church
Description: View looking southeast at the Roman Catholic church built 1846-1847 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang at Second and Jefferson Streets in Kensington. Some fashionably dressed parishioners converse on the sidewalk, while others walk in the direction of the church. Includes an enclosed yard (left), the cemetery behind the church, buildings adjacent to the church on Second Street, probably the rectory and/or convent, and a partial view of a street car travelling south on tracks running the length of Second Street. Church erected following the destruction of the first church building during the Nativist Riots on May 8, 1844., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Michael
Creator: Inger, Christian
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Michael

Title: St. Veronica's Church, Philadelphia, Penna
Description: View showing St. Veronica's frame chapel and rectory at Second and Butler Streets. Includes male pedestrians on the sidewalk and a man in church garb standing on the porch of the rectory. This parish outgrew this chapel, situated across from the New Cathedral Cemetery, and moved in 1892 to a newly constructed church at northeast corner of Sixth and Tioga Streets., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 235, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Veronica
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Veronica

Title: Church of St. Vincent de Paul, Germantown, Phila. Pa
Description: View showing the ornate interior of the Catholic church built 1849-1851 and enlarged in 1857 at 109 East Price Street. Looking toward the nave, the view includes the chancel, crucifix, wineglass pulpit, pews, stained glass windows, icons and angels depicted in murals and framed paintings, and the frescoed base of the church's dome. The church was the first parish named after St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission., Contains dashed lines below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 38, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Vincent de Paul interior
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Vincent de Paul interior

Title: In Wissahickon Valley, Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: Lithograph showing two men standing and sitting on large boulders surrounded by trees in the Wissahickon section of Fairmount Park., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.8]

Title: Peters Island, Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: Lithograph showing a man and woman horseback riding, a gentleman walking with his cane, and a man walking with two horses on a towpath in the foreground and Peter's Island, a canal boat, row boat and larger steam vessel on the Schuylkill River in the background. Peter's Island was immediately north of the Columbia Railroad Bridge in Fairmount Park., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.9]

Title: Schuylkill River above Fairmount Dam, Philada. in 1843
Description: Lithograph showing the profile of an older man sitting on a hill high above the Schuylkill River above Fairmount Dam. Men ride horseback closer to the water's edge, large barges carry materials, and people recreate in small rowboats on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a large dwelling in the distance and smoke billowing from a building on the opposite bank of the dwelling., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.10]

Title: Prospect from Ridgeland, Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: Lithograph showing the landscape of West Fairmount Park near Ridgeland, the dwelling built as a farmhouse for William Couch between 1752 and 1762. A woman stands on the porch of the dwelling watching two children drag a tree branch toward the house. A man approaches a bench and cluster of trees nearby. Includes the outlines of Belmont Mansion and Girard College in the distance. Dwelling sold to the city of Philadelphia in 1869., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.3]

Title: Sweet Briar Mansion, in 1843. (In Fairmount Park)
Description: Lithograph showing horses galloping and drinking water in front of the former country house of Philadelphia merchant and politician Samuel Breck built in 1797 in West Fairmount Park. Two men stand and talk in front of the mansion in the background. Includes a view of another dwelling in the right background. Sweet Briar was incorporated into the park in 1869 and remodeled in 1870 for use as a children's restaurant. Also known as the Samuel Breck House and Sweetbrier., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.4]

Title: In ravine near Sweet Briar Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: Lithograph showing a stream flowing downhill and split around large rocks in a wooded area on Sweet Briar estate in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Includes a rabbit near the water's edge in the right foreground., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.5]

Title: Schuylkill River below the falls, Fairmount Pk. Phila
Description: Lithograph showing a man with a book sitting on a large rock near a towering rock formation on the edge of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Includes a dog curled up on the ground nearby, people in rowboats on the river, and a dwelling on the edge of the river in the right background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.6]

Title: Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park , Phila. (Columbia Bridge)
Description: Lithograph showing people in rowboats on the Schuylkill River in the foreground and the Columbia Bridge in the background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for use by the Reading Railroad Company., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.2]

Title: Centennial Circular 1876 C.H. Garden & Co. 606 & 608 Market St. Philada
Description: "Fortieth Illustrated" circular advertisement, probably distributed to retail dealers, for the hat manufacturer established in 1841. Contains captioned images of 66 types of men's and children's hats for the "Spring" season of 1876. Captions detail style, finish, and colors. In tribute to the upcoming Centennial Exhibition, vignettes at top depict Carpenters' Hall, Independence Hall, and a buffalo hunt. Building views inlcude pedestrian traffic. Also contains trademark for the firm with motto "Semper Paratus" (i.e., always prepared). Internal text promotes the quality and styles of hats offered, including fine soft hats, fur and wool hats, harvest hats, mackinaws, and trimmed and untrimmed hats. Text on verso encourages business people to visit Philadelphia prior to the opening of the Exhibition in order to become acquainted with the city and its accommodations, and to purchase spring fashions at the firm., Accompanied by advertising envelope for the firm illustrated with a transfer lithograph of the store at 606 & 608 Market Street. View includes crates being loaded on to a horse-drawn dray parked in front of the store. Addressee is Mr. Minot Riley of Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, a merchant and store owner (POS 91)., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 90, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1999 p. 43-45.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.9695.1-2]

Title: Church of St. Charles Borremeo. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Certificate showing the interior of the Roman Catholic Church built 1868-1876 in a High Victorian baroque style after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang at 900 S. 20th Street. View looks toward the ornate rectangular chancel, with sculptural details, including angels, and a crucifix icon. Side altars include religious icons and sculptural details. Also shows a crucifix adorning a side wall, low-hanging chandelier in front of the altar, stained glass windows, pews, and balconies. Image contains ornamented cornices, including one containing "IHS.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 34, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo

Title: Leedom, Shaw & Stewart. Philadelphia Carpet Mills. Office and Warehouse 635 Market St Manufactures of extra superfines, superfines, fines, damasks, twilled & plain venetian carpetings
Description: Advertisement showing the four buildings of the wholesale department (organized 1866) of the business established by Thomas Leedom and Adam Shaw in 1865. Laborers load and hoist rolled carpets into company wagons and carts in the street and in a courtyard. Carpets dry on racks on the roof of a small building bordering the courtyard. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn wagons hauling crates, barrels, and wood slabs, and several pedestrians on promenade. Robert and Arthur Stewart joined the firm in 1869, which remained in business until 1885., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 433, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 L 484, Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
Creator: Blanc, Albert, artist
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 L 484

Title: C.H. Garden & Co. 606 & 608 Market St. Philada. Fall 1875 Memorial Building, Centennial International Exhibition. Philadelphia 1776-1876
Description: Circular advertisement for the hat manufacturer established in 1841. Contains captioned images of 66 types of men's and children's hats for the "Fall" season of 1875. Captions detail style, finish, and colors. In tribute to the upcoming Centennial Exhibition, vignette at top depicts the proposed design for Memorial Hall, i.e., the Arts Gallery at the Centennial. View includes pedestrian traffic. Internal text promotes the quality and styles of men's and boys' hats offered, including fine soft hats, fur and wool hats, winter caps, dress caps, and black silk conductor and imported Scotch caps. Text on verso advertises "Ladies & Gent's Buckskin & Kid Gloves"; "Ladies' and Misses' Furs" and the "Millinery Department. Ladies & Misses Trimmed Hats" in addition to the request that orders contain the correct number of the style listed on the circular., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithff Mora Memo
Date: August 1875
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithff Mora Memo

Title: Post 2, Philadelphia. Post 2, Boston
Description: Die-cut print shaped as a spike-top helmet adorned by a spread winged eagle with a shield on its chest, clutching arrows and laurel in its talons., Hole punch in upper section of print., "Post 2, Philadelphia" insignia printed on verso in light blue ink., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Post [1975.F.689]

Title: Good Intent Hose, Hook & Ladder Company of Philadelphia
Description: Fire company certificate containing a large central vignette of fire fighters with fire fighting vehicles in front of the State House in Philadelphia surrounded by six smaller vignettes depicting the company's three fire stations (dating 1804, 1848, and 1860); fire fighters battling blazes at T. Morris Perot's drug store (located on 600 block of Market Street, burned December 3, 1868) and at a block of rowhouses; and fire engines. Different era company firemen in uniform stand to either side of the central scene. At the top an eagle holds an empty oval frame and a bundle of fire fighting equipment including ladders, axes, and a bullhorn., Issued to Thaddeus L.Butcher [who] was duly elected a member...April 5th, 1859. Signed by W.B.R. Selly, president, and Frank Gallen, secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 318/319, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen C. Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874., Gift of Maxwell Whiteman., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies. FLP copy contains portrait photograph.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Certificates - Fires and fire fighting [6532.F]

Title: Washington Hose Company of Philadelphia [certificate]
Description: Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters arriving at a fire at J.F. [i.e. J.E.] Caldwell & Company's store at 902 Chestnut Street (burned January 14, 1869); the company fire station on Lombard Street, east of 11th Street; and fire fighters pulling a fire engine past University of Pennsylvania buildings on 9th Street. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a bullhorn and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval photographic portrait of a fireman is pasted above the text., Not in Wainwright., Issued to William H. Taylor on January 6, 1871. Signed by David B. Baker, president, and Joseph J. Ryan, secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 820/821, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval's son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval's retirement in 1869 until 1874., Gift of Maxwell Whiteman.
Creator: Bosch, A. H., lithographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelpia certificates - Fires and fire fighting [6530.F]

Title: Main Building International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia Compliments of The Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Incorporated 1829
Description: Bird's eye view of the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes and a partial view of a path in the right of the image. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres), in the lower corners, for the buildings. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 449, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.5]

Title: Memorial chart centennial jubilee Liberty, equality, fraternity to all nations
Description: Print commemorating the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 containing allegorical vignettes bordered by portraits of the eighteen presidents and views of Philadelphia landmarks and Centennial buildings. Allegorical vignettes show the female figures of Justice, Liberty, and Prosperity seated next to each other on a pedestal in front of a mountain valley, and a large assembly of men of international origin attired in native costumes. Depicted Philadelphia landmarks include Independence Hall, Masonic Temple, Girard College, Carpenters Hall, the Academy of Fine Arts, and the Academy of Music. Centennial building exteriors include the Main Building, Machinery Hall, and Memorial Hall. Additional portraits depict prominent figures in the administration of the Centennial and Pennsylvania Governor John F. Hartranft and Philadelphia Mayor William S. Stokley. Portraits include Joseph R. Hawley, President of the U.S. Centennial Commission; Alfred T. Goshorn, Director-General of the Centennial Exhibition; Thomas Cochran, Vice-President of the U.S. Centennial Commission and chairman of the commission on grounds, plans, and buildings; John L. Campbell, Ohio professor who originated the idea of a Centennial exhibition; John Welsh, President of the Centennial Board of Finance; Frederick Fraley, secretary and treasurer of the Centennial Board of Finance; and building engineers H.J. Schwartzmann and Henry Pettit. Also contains a panoramic view from Fairmount Park looking east toward the city; lists of "The Original States of the Union" and "States Admitted into the Union," the text of the Declaration of Independence and President Grant's proclamation in support of the Centennial, and allegorical seals for the Declaration and the Centennial. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 467, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Centennial and Columbian Exposition views.
Creator: Stauch, Charles J., artist
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5758.F.9]

Title: Black Diamond File Works illustrated price list G. & H. Barnett No. 39, 41 & 43 Richmond Street Philadelphia Pa
Description: Illustrated title page showing an exterior view of the factory complex for the file Works "established in 1863" in Richmond. Shows clerks and laborers moving and loading crates on to a company horse-drawn wagon parked in front of the office building. Individuals stand in the doorway of the building that is adorned with signage containing the name of the company and proprietors. In the rear of the office, the "File Factory" with several operating smokestacks, one adorned with a model of the company trademark, stands. Figures are seen in a window and door of sections of the edifice. At a two-story building, adjacent to the office, a worker carries planks of wood through the door. Also shows a "Richmond & Exchange" horse-drawn omnibus filled with passengers passing in the street., Not in Wainwright., Published as title page in Black Diamond File Works illustrated price list. ([Philadelphia, 1874])., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 57, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare **Am 1874 G.& H. Barnett 10069.F.title page

Title: [Centennial Memorial]
Description: Allegorical print showing the figure of liberty holding a laurel wreath over a bust of George Washington that is mounted on a pedestal reading “E. Pluribus Unum 1876 1776”. The image of two overlapping torches separates the dates on the pedestal and an American flag drapes the bust. The figures are surrounded by an eagle, American flags and oak leaves intertwined with a banner that reads “These United Colonies Are And Of Right Ought To Be Free And Independent States,” a quote from the Declaration of Independence., pdcp00038, Copyrighted by the "Centennial Album.", Title from duplicate in the collections of the Boston Athenauem, Boston, Massachusetts., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Centennial, Trimmed.
Creator: Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, artist
Date: c1875
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana – Centennial

Title: Charter of the Pennsylvania Deutsche Gesellschaft [membership certificate] "Justice, integrity and mercy"
Description: Membership certificate for the German Society of Pennsylvania, the oldest organization of its kind in the United States. Text printed over a vignette of an eagle and surrounded by the outline of a keystone., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 27, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 357
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 357

Title: [Proof of membership certificate for a choral society, probably German- American society]
Description: Contains an ornamental border of greenery and vignettes of musical iconography. Includes the female allegorical figure of music holding a harp, laurel wreath, and attended by a cherub displaying a sheet of music on a pillow; a harp and scroll; and bust portraits of Mozart and Beethoven. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 191, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: **NB 1 75 - 402
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP **NB 1 75 - 402

Title: Philadelphia in the olden time
Description: Print containing a panoramic view of the city and three titled vignettes of city landmarks during the colonial era. View looks west from Camden, New Jersey and shows the Delaware River and Philadelphia cityscape. Includes the steeples of Swede's church, St. Peter's Church, Christ Church, Carpenter's Hall, State House, Christ Church, and German Reformed Church; the Market sheds on Market Street; businesses and residences; and piers and docked ships. On the river, vessels sail past Smith's Island. Also shows, in the foreground, the busy ferry and coach stop at Cooper's Point in Camden. Near the ferry house, individuals wait to board the stage coach express to New York, men gallop in on horseback, a farmer rides a horse of a team of four hauling a large bale of hay, passengers board the horse and passenger ferry readying for departure, and men fish on the river banks. Vignettes include pedestrian traffic and show "1710 The Prison at 3rd & High (Market) St.; "The State House as it was in 1735"; and "Old Court House and Friends Meeting House 2nd & High (Market) Sts. 1707." High Street Prison was actually built circa 1723 and the nearby old market stalls were built 1710. State House, i.e. Independence Hall, was built 1732-1748. The Old Court House was built 1707 by carpenter Samuel Powell and the meeting house known as Market Street Meeting House was erected 1695 and rebuilt 1775-1776., Copyrighted by Smith & Cremens in Washington, D.C., Not in Wainwright., Key to 11 of 14 numbered sites within image printed below the title., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 591.1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 864 W 121, Gift of Mrs. E. M. Paris, April 9, 1935.
Creator: Smith & Cremens
Date: c1875
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 864 W 121

Title: 1776, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876 History of the United States
Description: Print containing a central view of the proposed Main Exhibition Building surrounded by titled vignettes showing key events in the history of the United States. View includes trains of people arriving by foot, on horseback, and by omnibus in front of the exhibition hall. The length, width, and square footage of the building are printed below the image. Vignettes, predominately events from the American Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican American and Civil War, include "Drafting the Declaration of Independence - The Committee"; "Reading the Declaration of Independence"; Celebration of the Fourth of July After the [Civil] War"; "Battle at Manmouth"; "Entry into Mexico"; "Battle of Lake Erie"; the raising of the American flag at "Fort Sumter"; "Surrender of Lee"; and Lincoln's celebratory "Entry into Richmond." Many of the images include victorious military leaders in addition to celebratory crowds. Other vignette views show street and pedestrian traffic in front of "Independence Hall or State House, Phila." and "The Memorial Building or "Art Gallery," Phila." Also contains the figure of America; an American eagle; a bee hive icon for "Agriculture" and train icon for "Mechanics"; Native American figures incorporated into the border; and banners reading "Great World Fair" and "Industry of All Nations." The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Farimount Park., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 3, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 8 S 325
Creator: Schile, H. (Henry)
Date: [c1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW -Centennial [7859.F]

Title: In remembrance of the one hundredth anniversary of the independence of the United States
Description: Print containing a central view of the female figure of America surrounded by scenes and vignettes that commemorate the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Shows America, wearing a liberty cap and holding a laurel wreath, seated on a throne that is bordered by American flags. Vignette portraits of the presidents and prominent military figures from the American Revolution encircle the image and a bird's eye view of the exhibition grounds, "Centennial Exhibition Buildings, Philadelphia,"and vignettes of Independence Hall, Faneuil Hall, and the Bunker Hill Monument are visible above it. At the bottom of the print, a battle scene represents "The Struggle for Liberty" and a family resting on their porch in front of a farmer in his field, and a factory, represents "Peace and Prosperity". Also includes the American eagle holding the American shield and banner "E Pluribus Unum." The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 374, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 8 St 57
Creator: George Stinson & Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 8 St 57

Title: E. O. Thompson, merchant tailor, no. 908 Walnut St. Philadelphia Ready for the season. Please accept with the compliments of the proprietor this circular as a cordial invitation to visit his establishment
Description: Circular advertisement containing an "Interior view of E.O. Thompson's Merchant Tailoring Establishment, no. 908 Walnut Street, Philadelphia." Shows the elegantly furnished interior of the shop designed with a fresco ceiling and crown moldings. In the foreground, a display table lined with bolts of cloths stands in the center of the room. Surrounding furnishings include armoires, display dressers covered with bolts of cloth, large mirrors, and an ornate mantelpiece. Objet d'arts, books, and framed fashion plates adorn the mantel that is flanked by two wood chairs. A samovar on a small table stands in front of the mantelpiece. Framed fashion plates also adorn the walls in addition to chandeliers. In the background, four shop tailors trace patterns, and cut and measure cloth in a middle room that leads to another room with tables of cloth on display. Interior also includes an umbrella stand and wall clock. Covers of the circular show two full-length portraits of a younger and older man attired in suits. The younger wears a plaid suit and stands in front of a bureau displaying bolts of cloth. The older man wears a suit with a long coat and an overcoat. Both of the men hold hats. Cover and interior image also contain advertising text about the business hours, original and patented systems of cutting, and "nothing omitted essential to the business" and "everything and every effort to please." Thompson, a New York tailor, established his Philadelphia branch of his business in 1860, which expanded to include a ready-made clothing house in 1886. Thompson's sons Benjamin and E. O. Thompson, Jr. assumed the business in 1897., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 194, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 9, Inscribed: Mifflin Fund. October 31, 1955.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 9

Title: Philadelphia Fire Department Relief Association. [membership certificate]
Description: Certificate containing four vignettes depicting a variety of horse-drawn fire engines and fire fighting vehicles. Vignettes include a steam engine, hook and ladder truck, and ambulance. Bundles of firefighting equipment, including a hose, ladder, fire hydrant, hooks, and ax, flank each side of the text. The seal of the city of Philadelphia bordered by fire helmets and lanterns and the seal of the Fire Department appears at the top and bottom, respectively. A twisting fire hose divides pictorial elements. Each lower corner contains a fire fighter at work. Lower left figure rescues a bare-chested person and the lower right figure uses a hose. The association was established on June 14, 1873., Not in Wainwright., Contains seal of association pasted on recto., Issued to Thomas Colton on April 7, 1884. Signed Daniel Bennet, Secy. and Sam[ue]l Collins, Prest., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 180, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Philadelphia Fire, Poor condition. Torn in half.
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Certificates - Philadelphia Fire

Title: Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia
Description: Commemorative print containing views of the main buildings to be erected at the exhibition. Includes the Art Gallery, Main Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower left corner. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 93, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 8 Ce 333, Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures., Variant held in Large Society Prints - Centennial. Printed in lower right corner: Compliments of E. Morris & Co., Manufacturers of Silk, Nett, and Cassimere Hats, No. 30 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1874
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 8 Ce 333

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking west from the Schuylkill River toward the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes the Main Building, Machinery Hall, the Art Gallery (Memorial Hall), Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Buildings, Horticultural Hall, and Agricultural Hall. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Also shows the 24th Ward reservoir and buildings surrounding the exhibition grounds. A train travels in the background. Also contains the dimensions in the lower right corner for six of the buildings . The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 41
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.9192.4]

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