One is standing with her right hand on the left shoulder of the seated girl. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with outstretched wings on top. Embossed: S. W. Colton Sky Light Gallery 265 Race St. below 8th Phila. Pa. Daguerreotype galleries., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Three roses in a circle surrounded by scrolls and leaves. Same design on verso.
Creator
Colton, Sabine W., photographer
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9274.17]
Three quarter length portrait of Clark seated with his hands clasped on his lap. He has a short beard, and is wearing a high white collar., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: Uncased., Accompanied by manuscript note: With the affectionate regards of the victim of the photographic art. Rev. Samuel Clark, Gift of Edwin Wolf, 2nd, March 14, 1989.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9255.2]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk. No design., Mat: Elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila Cor. Chesnut & 8th, Case: Leather. Within a fancy nonpareil-like border is a spray of mixed flowers. No design on verso.
Creator
McClees & Germon, photographer
Date
1851
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8637]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with scroll border., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Housekeeper, 159 Chest St., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers in a nonpareil-like border. Same design on verso.
Creator
Housekeeper, Cheney H., photographer
Date
1851
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9981.10]
Three year old Walter Wood, hair parted neatly on the side, is wearing checked pants and is looking straight ahead. His left arm is resting on a table on which there is a toy horse., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded and scratched purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. A floral spray with one rose and several buds within a border of scrolls and swirls. Geometric design on back. Manuscript note inside case reads: Walter Wood, 1852., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date
1852
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.16]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle at top, scroll work around. Embossed: Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. On front: One rose in center surrounded by leaves and other flowers within a nonpareil like border. On verso: A variation of the rose design within a fanciful nonpareil border.
Creator
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.26]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design with F scrolls in center and interlocking scrolls at top and bottom. No design on verso., Originally part of the Powel Family Papers.
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8421.F.2]
Bust length portrait of Wood wearing a high white collar and a large black scarf ending in a big bow around his neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. A small circle is within a larger circle, both surrounded by a wavy design. A piece of blue leather not original to the case and without a design on verso., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.3]
Three year old Wood, hair parted neatly on the side, is looking straight ahead. His left arm is resting on a table, and he seems to be holding a hoop in his right hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded and scratched purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design on front or back. Note inside case reads: Stuart Wood, about 1856., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date
1856
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.14]
Studio portrait of three of the sixteen children of Richard and Julianna Randolph Wood. Shows the girls posed in a window frame with grape vines growing along thee edge. A strw hat hangs down in front of them., Daguerreotypist attribution based on use of window frame with creeping vine prop used by Samuel Broadbent's studio., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator
Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.1]
She/he is holding an unidentifiable object in her hands. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with elongated geometric design., Mat: Nonpareil. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. N. Keely, 332 N. 2d St., Philada., Case: Leather. Two roses and other flowers within an oval in the center. Scrolls at the corners.
Creator
Keely, Robert N., photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.5]
Her hair parted severely on the middle. She is wearing a short black jacket with embroidered edges over a white blouse, and a checked shirt. Her left arm is resting on a table. Drapery is visible. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with a geometric design of large and small scrolls., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design. A ten point star is surrounded by coiled scrolls within an oval. Same design on verso. This design is #3-74 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as common. The design of the case is called Ten Point Star and is plate 200 American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Uncommon, circa 1856. The case maker was Samuel Peck and Co. Die-engraver was J. Smith.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8647 ]
Portrait of the photographer's mother wearing a dark dress with a white lace cap and collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval (black backing is missing, so image appears three dimensional.), Case: Leather. Originally in the shape of a book. Lacking both cover and back. Spine stamped in gold., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator
Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.6]
Baby's left arm resting on the arm of the chair. She (?) is wearing a big white dress and has a necklace aroung her neck. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented nonpariel., Case: Uncased.
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8680.4]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Sheaf-like design in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric circular design in center, fleur de lys at corners, half circles at top, bottom and sides.
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9026.4]
Three-quarter length portrait of Smith wearing a black cape, plaid skirt, and a lace cap tied under her chin. Her right arm is resting on a table, her left arm is on her lap. Her hair is in long curls. She is looking slightly to her right., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Leaves in an oval in the center. Fancy scrolled border., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical. Label on mat: Collins, Nos. 100 & 166 Chestnut St., Case: Leather. Geometric design with interlocking swirls. Same design on verso. Double clasp. Accompanied by manuscript note identifying sitter: Margot Griscom McCord Smith. Born Ap. 29, 1821 - Died Ap. 28, 1909. Grand niece of Elizabeth Griscom Ross (Betsy Ross)., Manuscript note on plate verso: Aged about 33 years. Smith was a charter member of the Flag House Chapter of the Daughters of American Revolution., For additional information about Margaret Smith, see research file, LCP Annual Report, 1993, pg. 42 and Board Report, 9/21/93.
Creator
Collins, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9421]
Copy photograph. Detail of full plate portrait of Caroline with her two sisters, Mary and Julianna (see P.8926.21) in reverse. Very pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.21]
Seated, waist-length portrait of a middle-aged man resting one arm on a table. His body faces right, but his head is turned to look directly at the camera. He wears a jacket, vest, high-necked shirt, and checked trousers. In Philadelphia city directories in the early 1850s, the sitter, George English, was listed as a bricklayer., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet. Eagle in the center. Embossed: T. H. Newcomer, 316 N. Second St. Phila., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. One rose and several other flowers within a modified square border. No design on verso., Title from accompanying manuscript note.
Creator
Newcomer, T. H., photographer
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9669.16]
Hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched in center. Embossed: Evan's 380 Market St. Philada., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed leaves and tiny flowers in a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
Creator
Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.5]
One is standing, resting her right arm on the shoulder of the other who is seated. Possibly sisters., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Patent July 4th & 11th 1854., Case: Leather. No design on front or back.
Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8951]
Pale hand colored pink on cheeks. Possibly depicts four generations., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed Van Loan's Gallery 118 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within an octagonal border. No design on back.
Creator
Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date
ca. 1850
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8640]
Her short hair parted in the middle, hands clasped in her lap. She is wearing a dark dress with big, full sleeves, and has a black choker at her neck. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Uncased.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8680.3]
Seated portrait of either young Joseph or William Francis. His left arm is resting on a table, and his right arm is on his lap., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet., Mat: Double elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. 250 Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854., Case: Leather. Small urn with flowers in center. No design on verso. Manuscript note pasted on verso: Joseph or William Francis.
Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8639]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, embossed Bailey, 198 Chesnut St. Philada. Eagle embossed at top, scroll work on three sides., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with one rose in the center, a bird sitting on one stem, all within a nonpareil-like border. No design on verso., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator
Bailey, Jason, fl. 1853-1855, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.5]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Stained red silk. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers, scroll border. Same design on verso., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.8]
Woman is wearing a patterned dress with a white collar and a brooch at the neck. Her hair is parted severely in the middle and she is wearing earrings. The little girl is standing next to her, resting her right hand on the woman's lap. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design in center with a wide scrolled border., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center with swirls. Same design on verso.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9025.39]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. N. Keely, 332 N. 2d St., Philada., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. A large bouquet of mixed flowers within a large oval. This design is similar to the Flower Medallion plate 135 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.)
Creator
Keely, Robert N., photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.6]
Hand colored pale pink on cheeks. Possibly Frederick Klett, Jr., partner in Potts & Kletts of Camden, N.J. Kletts was the son of Frederick Klett, a founder of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded velvet, embossed Bailey 198 Chesnut St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a double oval. Same design on verso.
Creator
Bailey, Jason, fl. 1853-1855, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9956.1]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Urn of flowers in center surrounded by leaves., Mat: Elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Marsters Balto., Case: Leather. Small spray of mixed flowers within an oval surrounded by a square border. Same design on verso., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
Creator
Marsters, Joseph D., photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.4]
The man on the left is wearing a checked vest and has his arm aroung the man on the right., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Small urn with leaves in center, scrolled border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric diamond design in the center, with scrolled border. Same design on verso. Opens horizontally.
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9025.37]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with scrolls at each corner. Embossed in center Rehn's National Gallery 267 North Second St. above Callowhill Phila., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within a nonpareil-like border. No design on verso.
Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.6]
View of front facade of the mansion built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. A person, attired in a hat, a long coat, and shoes, sits on a wooden chair at the top of the steps on the right side of the house. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Inscribed in negative: 2494., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Arnold Mansion., Purchase 1988., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
[ca. 1920]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.43]
View of front facade of the mansion built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. A person, attired in a hat, a scarf, a long coat, and shoes, sits on a wooden chair at the top of the steps on the left side of the house. Mount Pleasant was described by John Adams as "the most elegant seat in Pennsylvania," and is an excellent example of Philadelphia's Middle Georgian country houses of the 1760s. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Inscribed in negative: 2495., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Arnold Mansion., Purchase 1988., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
[ca. 1920]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.44]
Depicts Lydia Webster, the daughter of John H. Webster, Jr., wearing a white dress and sitting in a wooden highchair. Her doll is propped up next to her on the tray., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.35-37]
Caricature of a sailor with a ring of cannons around his waist reading "The Cheese" to represent the Union ironclad, the Monitor, mocked by the Confederates as a "cheese-box." The battle between the smaller Monitor and the larger Confederate ironclad, the Virginia, (i.e., Merrimac) ended in a stalemate in March 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War era posters., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons [1862] - Ha [(6)5777.F.32b]
View of the central portion of the main building of the boarding school for girls and boys, established in 1794 by the Society of Friends and opened in 1799 in Westtown, Chester County, Pa. Building enlarged in 1847, but replaced in stages from 1885 to 1888 after designs by Addison Hutton., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members., Numbered 2.11 in manuscript note on negative sleeve.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.118]
View of the central portion of the main building of the boarding school for girls and boys, established in 1794 by the Society of Friends and opened in 1799 in Westtown, Chester County, Pa. Building enlarged in 1847, but replaced in stages from 1885 to 1888 after designs by Addison Hutton., Modern reference print #36 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.119]
Depicts the photographer's brother's wife, Bertha Taylor Webster, attired in a striped dress, sitting in a rocking chair on Mt. Equity's porch, and holding an opened umbrella. Her husband's aunt, Hannah Mary S. Taylor, rented the property during the summer months of 1889 and 1890., A small stone section of Mount Equity, known as "The Cottage," was constructed near the Wolf Run House in Pennsdale, Pa. ca. 1810 by Mercy Ellis after the death of her husband, William Ellis. After her death in 1848, her children used the cottage primarily during the summer months. Her son Charles Ellis built a stone addition to the house in 1861 and a rear kitchen wing was added by the family in 1882. It was around this time that the enlarged house shed its name as "The Cottage," and was known as Mount Equity. The property is now home to a Buddhist Monastery, Mt. Equity Zendo Jihoji., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.46]
Depicts the photographer's wife, Jane Lownes Webster, posing in front of a crinkled paper backdrop hung from the porch of her family's homestead in Springfield, Pa. She is wearing a striped garment over her black dress., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.47]
Exterior view of east front of house on land purchased by Dirck Keyser from Adam Simon Kuhn in 1756. Keyser operated a tannery in the rear of the property, which was willed to his son Peter Keyser in 1810. Cedar fence pierced by bullets during the Battle of Germantown. Occupied by Mr. Ellwood Johnson circa 1902. Portions of the tannery buildings in the rear of the property were demolished in 1952., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
February 18, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.76]
Exterior view of south flank and west front of first stone dwelling built in Germantown, at the northwest corner of Germantown Avenue and Johnson Street. Built in 1698 by Heivert Papen, a Mennonite who immigrated from Germany to Germantown in 1689. Datestone marked 1698 in upper portion of gambrel roof. Occupied by the Johnson family in the 18th century and demolished in 1883., Slide number 87., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.83]
Exterior view of front facade. Residence built circa 1727. John Naglee owned the house from 1727 to 1752., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
February 14, 1903
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.1]
Exterior view of front facade and flank of the Roset House at the corner of West Manheim Street and Portico Street (i.e. Spring Alley), with a group of four boys and two girls standing on the corner in front of the property. Includes a view of the front facade of the house west of the Roset House. Originally the home of Jacques Marie Roset who came to America in 1792 and moved to Germantown in 1821. One of his granddaughters married Anthony J. Drexel., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
January 30, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.12]
Exterior view of front facade and north side, including a man walking in front of the house. For sale sign posted underneath first floor window. Built 1794-1803 and occupied by Commodore James Barron from 1839 to 1845 while he was in command of the Philadelphia Naval Yard., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.13]
Copy of an oval shaped sketch from an 1862 visiting card depicting an exterior view of the residence of John George Knorr at the northwest corner of Germantown Avenue and Walnut Lane. Property owned by the family 1728-1849. House razed in 1868 for Jacob Albright to make way for a store., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.60]
Exterior view of front facade of house set back from the street and surrounded by bare trees., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Also identified as the William Wynn Wister House.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.15]
Exterior view of front facade of dwelling. Known as the birthplace of Owen Wister, a famous author. His family resided here circa 1860 while his family's home was being constructed at 5253 Main Street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
January 28, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.17]
