Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows a white woman and girl standing on the front steps before the doorway. A white man stands on the walkway in front of the house. On the grounds are two sculptures, a portrait bust on a pedestal and a classical female nude without a head and arms. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from item., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Ph Pr - 8x10 - Residences - C [(6)1322.F.80e]
Billhead containing a vignette showing a baby carriage designed with an overhead, hanging shade., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Lawson on July 19, 1886 for "#21 Coach" for $14., Stamped on recto: Received Payment, Jno. Westney, Agt. Signed: Per A.O. Bloecker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.148]
Puzzle card depicting a bust-length portrait of the prominent Brooklyn preacher and abolitionist in the center. Portrait is enclosed in a border composed of four snakes shaped like a diamond. Two "divided" portraits of a man and woman, the Tiltons, comprise the outer borders. The top of the head of Theodore Tilton (left) and Elizabeth Tilton (right) are visible in the upper corners. In the lower corners are the chins of Theodore Tilton (right) and Elizabeth Tilton (left). Title refers to the scandal resulting from a purported extramarital affair between Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton, wife of reformer and editor, Theodore Tilton. The scandal resulted in a church trial in 1874 and a widely publicized civil trial in 1875. Beecher was acquitted in both trials., Title from item., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints - B [(1)5750.F.36f]
