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Title: Suspension bridge
Description: View from the east bank of the Schuylkill River looking south showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. View also shows a barge in transit and mills, factories, and stables lining the banks of the river. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Title from accompanying label., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Mount discolored., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister operated his optician business as a sole proprietor between 1865 and 1882.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123c]

Title: The suspension bridge
Description: View looking across the Wire Suspension Bridge from the east side of the Schuylkill River. View also shows barges docked under the bridge and businesses, including factories and the Crittenden Tavern, lining the west bank in the background. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Title from accompanying label., Orange mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Mount discolored., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister operated his optician business as a sole proprietor between 1865 and 1882.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123d]

Title: Fairmount from the west, Phila
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. In the foreground, a Schuylkill Canal lock is visible and a man stands among lush vegetation on the west riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Atrributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Duplicate of P.9466.16., 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 - Public Utilities [8353.F.16]

Title: [Dam near the Fairmount Water Works]
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the dam at the Fairmount Water Works. Shows a boy sitting on the riverbank near the dam. In the background, a boathouse and several other buildings are visible., Attributed to John Moran., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., See Moran album [P.9265.73] for similar view., 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 - Public Utilties [(3)1322.F.118e]

Title: Fairmount, Phila
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. In the foreground, a Schuylkill Canal lock is visible and a man stands among lush vegetation on the west riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount and verso., Duplicate of 8353.F.16., 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 - Public Utilities [P.9466.16]

Title: [Fairmount Waterworks]
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a Schuylkill Canal lock and a man leaning on a tree on the west riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from duplicate stereoview. [(3)1322.F.120g], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of P.8992.12., 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 - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120g]

Title: Fairmount Waterworks
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a Schuylkill Canal lock and a man leaning on a tree on the west riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120g., 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 - Public Utilities [P.8992.12]

Title: [Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to John Moran., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title from duplicate stereoview. [P.8992.13], 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, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120i]

Title: Fairmount Waterworks
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Depicts the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to John Moran., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title printed on mount., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120i., 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 - Public Utilities [P.8992.13]

Title: Seventh National Bank, 401 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the bank at the northwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Also shows adjacent businesses on North Fourth below Arch, including Musselman & Kirk, cotton goods, wood and willoware (12 N. 4th); L. Snively, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (18 N. 4th); T.P. and S.S. Smith, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (20 N. 4th); and a trimmings store. Crates line the sidewalks., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Inc. May 1864 at 216 Market St, moved shortly to 401 Market., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization 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.1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Banks [P.9047.22]

Title: Seventh National Bank, 401 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the bank at the northwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Also shows adjacent businesses on North Fourth below Arch, including Musselman & Kirk, cotton goods, wood and willoware (12 N. 4th); L. Snively, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (18 N. 4th); T.P. and S.S. Smith, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (20 N. 4th); and a trimmings store. Crates line the sidewalks., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Inc. May 1864 at 216 Market St, moved shortly to 401 Market., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization 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.1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Banks [P.9047.22]

Title: The Allegheny Tunnel, at the Summit
Description: View showing the portal of the Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnel, completed in 1854, running beneath the summit of the Allegheny Mountains at Gallitzin, Pa. Includes passengers waiting at the train station near a stopped locomotive and a sign post advertising the Gallitzin House hotel. In the far background, the borough is visible above the tunnel., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on the mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Transportation [P.9577.21]

Title: Brud's block, Toledo, O. Burned Feb. 23d 1868
Description: View showing the block of storefronts covered in ice following a fire. Also shows spectators gathered on the street corners near horse-drawn carts and wagons., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: February 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - non-Philadelphia - Ohio [5739.F.7b]

Title: Red Bridge, on the Wissahickon
Description: Winter view showing a section of the bridge also known as Shurs Lane Bridge or Rittenhouse Bridge near Germantown. The bridge was utilized by several factories near the creek. An old house is visible in the foreground., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title from label on mount., 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 - Bridges [P.9462.19]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
Description: View showing throngs of mourners at Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon partially visible in the image., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Two of the images originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War Views, Places and Events and volunteer saloons and hospital views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [5778.F.27d; 5779.F.17i; P.8687.8; P.9161.1]

Title: [Falls Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View looking northwest from East Fairmount Park showing the Falls Bridge also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The six-arched bridge, completed near the Falls of Schuylkill in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad. A covered bridge and factory buildings are seen in the background., Green mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Bridges - Falls Bridge [P.2003.24]

Title: Looking toward the city
Description: View looking south from East Fairmount Park showing the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. View also shows the old engine house at the Fairmount Water Works, factory buildings lining the west bank of the river, and cityscape., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Digitization 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 - Bridges [8353.F.10]

Title: Wissahickon Hall
Description: View showing the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane near the Wissahickon Creek. Also shows an upside-down canoe laying near one of the hotel stables., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization 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 - Hotels [P.9047.30]

Title: Philad Park
Description: Winter view looking northwest through the observatory tower arch at the basin of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows a pavilion of the old mill house, the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam, and buildings lining the west bank of the river., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from publisher's label on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilties [P.8709.1]

Title: Fairmount from West Phila
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860) and stand pipe (built 1852) on Reservoir Hill. Also includes a tree in the foreground partially obstructing the view of the waterworks. The waterworks, orginally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Title from publisher's label., Orange mount with square corners., Gift of Francis J. Dallett., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9171.1]

Title: Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the boat landing serving as a terminus for paddle boats to Manayunk and East Falls and a boat house with signage advertising, "Pleasure Boats to Hire of Various Kinds." The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Gift of Ivan Noble., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [7992.F.16]

Title: Engine house, Belmont Works
Description: View showing the engine house with smokestack at the Belmont Water Works at West River and Montgomery drives. The pumping station, designed by Frederick Graff in the late 1860s, supplied water to the 24th Ward Reservoir at George's Hill in Fairmount Park. The station was abandoned in 1895. Also shows men by the engine house entrance and in a window of the building., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Designed by Fredk. Graff Chief Engr. W. Dept. Sep 1870., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: September 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Public Utilities [P.9669.14]

Title: [St. Clement's church, Easter 1865]
Description: View from rear of sanctuary looking up central aisle toward altar. Dark bunting is draped along walls and on the altar in memory of assasinated President Abraham Lincoln who died Easter Sunday 1865. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title from duplicate. [5792.F.1g]., Manuscript note below image: St. Clement's Church., Buff mount with square corners., 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.
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion - St. Clement's [(4)1322.F.81(v)c]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of south and east facades of Romanesque Revival church showing tower and aspe. Church property is slightly elevated from sidewalk level and delineated by stone and iron fence. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note below image: St. Clement's Church., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on mount: 142., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization 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 - Religion - St. Clement's [(4)1322.F.82a]

Title: [Unidentified commercial interior, possibly dealer of glass and fancy goods, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of shop showing display cases and cabinets containing glassware, vases, sculptures, and object d'art. Also shows a staircase and landing to an upper floor., Buff mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - Business [(8)1322.F.31f]

Title: Historical Society's building, cor. 2d Ave. and 11th Street
Description: Exterior view of the building of the historical society (organized 1804) built in 1857. Also shows an adjacent church and a street lamp with letterbox in the foreground., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Partial distributor's imprint stamped on verso: [Mc]Allister [Opti]cian [627 Broad]way [New York]., Inscribed in negative: 4401., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook of Views of New York, The Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated as a partnership from 501 Broadway between 1863 and 1871., Thomas H. McAllister, brother of Philadelphia antiquarian, John A. McAllister, established an optician's shop in New York in 1855., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Anthony - Associations [5741.F.4c]

Title: Ruins of St. George's Church, Rutherford Place, N.Y. Rector, Stephen H. Tyng
Description: Incomplete series showing five exterior and interior views of the ruins of the St. George's Episcopal Church (founded 1749) at 209 E. 16th Street at Stuyvesant Square. The Romanesque-style church built 1846-1856 after the designs of Blesch and Edlitz was damaged by fire in 1865. Images also show views of Stuyvesant Square, pedestrians, and a horse-drawn wagon. Titles include Front View from the S.E. corner of Stuyvesant Square; Front View from the Fountain, Stuyvesant Square; Front View from the East Fountain, Stuyvesant Square; S.W. View from the corner of E. 16th St. and 3rd Avenue; and Interior View from the Chancel., Series numbers: 4598; 4600-4602; 4609., Publisher's labels pasted on versos., Yellow mounts with square corners., Partial distributor's imprint stamped on versos: [McAllister Optician 627 Broadway New York]., Series numbers inscribed in negatives., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook of views of New York, The Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated as a partnership from 501 Broadway between 1863 and 1871., Thomas H. McAllister, brother of Philadelphia antiquarian, John A. McAllister, established an optician shop in New York in 1855., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Anthony - Religion [5741.F.2b; 5741.F.2d; 5741.F.3d; 5741.F.3f; 5741.F.4b]

Title: Calvary Church, 4th Ave. and 22nd St
Description: Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built in 1846 after the designs of James Renwick Jr. on Park Avenue South (i.e. 4th Avenue) at 21st Street., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corner., Distributor's imprint partially stamped on verso: [McAllister Optician 627 Broadway New York]., Inscribed in negative: 4626., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook of Views of New York, Thomas H. McAllister, brother of Philadelphia antiquarian, John A. McAllister, established an optician shop in New York in 1855., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated as a partnership from 501 Broadway between 1863 and 1871.
Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Anthony - Religion [5741.F.3e]

Title: Stand-pipe view
Description: View looking east from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows men, including two park guards standing on the promenade near the forebay in the foreground and inclined walkways to Reservoir Hill in the background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119g]

Title: Pavillion [sic] view
Description: View looking west from the forebay of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows one of the two pavilions on the old mill house adorned with an American flag. Also shows a partial view of the rear terrace of the old mill house and the terrace roof of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Men convene on the terrace near a bench. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121c]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: View looking northwest through the observatory tower arch at the basin of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows a pavilion of the old mill house, the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam, and a man sitting on the ornate railing of the inclined walkway under the arch. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Digitization 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 - Public Utilities [P.9299.2]

Title: [Schuylkill Water Works]
Description: View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a rowboat near the fenced water basin of the waterworks in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122d]

Title: Col. M. Corcoran addressing the crowds in front of the Continental Hotel, Phila., August 21, 1862
Description: Rooftop views looking east from above Ninth Street showing a massive crowd in front of the Continental and Girard House hotels on the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Shows a large horse-drawn enclosed platform resting near the crowd and a caravan of horse-drawn carriages traveling up the street. People look out the windows and stand on the balconies of nearby businesses. Businesses include the Root Gallery photographic studio operated by J.J. Bushnell from 1862-1863 (901 Chestnut) and J.H. Richelderfer's "Boy's Clothing Bazaar" (903 Chestnut). Corcoran, colonel of the Sixty-Ninth New York Brigade, i.e., the Irish Brigade travelled through Philadelphia following his release as a prisoner of war from Libby Prison., Title and date from unmounted stereograph 5779.F.12e, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Variant in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [Penrose Collection, Box 18]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [August 21, 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Events [(6)1322.F.27a; P.2282.12], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Events [(7)1322.F.69e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [5779.F.12e]

Title: Girard College, Phila.(main building)
Description: View showing a partial view of the front facade of Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Also shows a group of woman standing in the doorway of the building. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Morris Finkel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.8643.1]

Title: [Cohocksink Hose Company steam engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station on Germantown Avenue above Fifth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View includes a dog laying in front of a large section of hose on the ground. Company founded September 25, 1856., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Cohocsink Steam Fire Engine Philada., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Robert Newell., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.F.5f, Paper backing pasted on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [(8)1322.F.5g-1]

Title: [Goodwill Hose Company steam engine in front of the company fire station at Wood Street near Twenty-Third Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View includes a section of hose laying on the street near the engine., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Paper backing pasted on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [(8)1322.F.6f]

Title: [Hope Fire Company horse-drawn ambulance in front of the company fire station on Sixth Street below Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows ambulance, probably used to transport wounded, Civil War soldiers, adorned with patriot images and slogans including an eagle, flags, and "Union For Ever." Three boys stand near the ambulance. Company founded November 22, 1796., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Hope Ambulance Phila., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Paper baking pasted on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [(8)1322.F.5d-1]

Title: [Hope Fire Company steam engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station on Sixth Street below Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View includes a small crowd of spectators in the background. Company founded November 22, 1796., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Hope Steam Fire Engine Phila., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Paper backing pasted on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [(8)1322.F.5c-1]

Title: [William Penn Hose Company steam engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station on Frankford Road near Franklin Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View includes a small crowd of boy spectators in the background and a dog sitting on the engine. Company founded February 3, 1830., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Paper backing pasted on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [(8)1322.F.5j]

Title: [Washington Fire Engine Company steam engine in front of the company fire station at Lombard Street below Eleventh Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View includes a section of a hose laying on the ground. Company founded January 3, 1796., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Paper backing pasted on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [P.2004.2]

Title: Mower General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Description: Series of views showing interiors and exteriors of the Civil War Army hospital. Photographs show the entrance to the hospital; the administration building; parade grounds; quarters of the surgeon in charge; guard house and lecture room; the water tank at Ardleigh Street; views looking south from the observatory tower located on the administration building; the cooking department; a hospital ward; the general office; and a corridor. Views include an observation deck; a fire brigade during a drill; cooking staff; office clerks; patients; and soldiers traversing the grounds., Eighteen of the images contain photographer's imprint on mount., Eighteen of the images contain manuscript note on verso: Chestnut Hill Hospital., Stereographs on yellow mounts with square corners., Five of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, and Events and a Hart, Phillips, McAllister Civil War scrapbook., Described in Rules and special orders of the Mower United States Army and General Hospital (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865). (Am 1865 Phi Mow,15730.D)., See transcription of Coleman Sellers Letterbook, entry August 15, 1863, John Moran research file., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mower General Hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue) received injured soldiers transported directly from the battlefield between January 1863 - May 1865. The hospital, designed as a pavilion to control the spread of infection, consisted of several hospital wards radiating from a central enclosed complex of administrative and utility buildings. Complex included the administration building, a chapel, post office, band-stand, food preparation shops and storage houses, a barber shop, dining room, and guard house. Hospital utilized fresh water from the Chestnut Hill water works, gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. Building was razed following the war.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - Hospitals - M [(12)1540.F.9b; 5779.F.6e, 6k & 6i; P.8947.1-.18], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Hospitals [5779.F.14d; P.8464.24; P.8464.29; P.8992.24]

Title: [Founder's Hall, Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking southwest showing the college building constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building in the background. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to John Moran., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (6)1322.F.37c., 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. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Education [(6)1322.F.37cx]

Title: [Founder's Hall, Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking southwest showing the college building constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building in the background. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to John Moran., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (6)1322.F.37cx., 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. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Education [(6)1322.F.37c]

Title: Girard College with statue of Stephen Girard
Description: View showing the front foyer of Founder's Hall, constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter, at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. View includes the statue installed in front of the sarcophagus holding Girard's remains located in the foyer. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Education [P.8464.14]

Title: McClellan Hospital, ward 14
Description: Shows a heavily decorated patient ward at the Civil War hospital established in February 1863 at Germantown Avenue and Cayuga Street in Nicetown. Two rows of recovering soldiers seated next to their beds line both sides of the ward. Decorations include streamers, flags, lace bedspreads, flowers, framed pictures, and patriotic statements of affirmation painted on the walls. Also shows a row of heaters down the middle of the floor., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From M.S. Hagaman's photograph & ivorytype rooms, No. 936 Arch Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Hagaman operated from 936 Arch Street from 1863 to 1868., 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. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - McClellan [P.8979.11]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing rows and clusters of monuments and gravestones in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [8353.F.5]

Title: Sec. 108. Bay-side dell. De Witt Clinton
Description: Shows the bas-relief adorned base of the monument, completed in 1853 after the designs of architect Richard Upjohn, dedicated to former New York governor Clinton at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. The bas-relief represents Clinton's noted achievement of the Erie Canal and depicts construction of the canal by laborers, engineers, and horse-teams. Greenwood Cemetery was founded in 1838 and landscaped after the designs of civil engineer David Bates Douglass., Photographer's imprint, title, and publisher from label on verso., Buff mount with square corners., 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.
Creator: Beer Bros., photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Beer Bros - Cemeteries [(5)5741.F.3]

Title: Sec. 17. Western entrance. - From within
Description: Shows the tunnel-like entrance at Greenwood Cemetery. Cemetery was founded in 1838 and landscaped after the designs of civil engineer David Bates Douglass., Photographer's imprint, title, and publisher from label on verso., Buff mount with square corners., 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.
Creator: Beer Bros., photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Beer Bros - Cemeteries [5741.F.2f]

Title: The chapel in Oak Hill, cemetery. Georgetown, D.C
Description: Shows the Gothic Revival-style chapel built in 1850 after the designs of James Renwick in the Washington, D.C. cemetery established by William Corcoran in 1848., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of District of Columbia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bell & Bro was operated by Charles Milton Bell and his brothers from the 1860s to early 1870s.
Creator: Bell & Bro. (Washington, D.C.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bell & Bro. - Cemeteries [5740.F.1a]

Title: The Oak Hill Cemetery, at Georgetown. D.C
Description: Shows a path near monuments, headstones, and a mausoleum in the Washington, D.C. cemetery established by William Corcoran in 1848., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of District of Columbia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bell & Bro was operated by Charles Milton Bell and his brothers from the 1860s to early 1870s.
Creator: Bell & Bro. (Washington, D.C.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bell & Bro. - Cemeteries [5740.F.1b]

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