Frankford Arsenal postcards
Title
Frankford Arsenal postcards
Description
Depicts a row of cannons lined up on a field near unidentified arsenal buildings. The first buildings of the Frankford Arsenal were built in 1816 as storage facilities around an open square, but the base expanded incrementally to include 281 buildings as its function included the manufacture of small arms munitions and the development of precision instruments and production line manufacturing techniques., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
1910-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Frankford Arsenal - 98]
Little Sisters of the Poor postcards
Title
Little Sisters of the Poor postcards
Description
Exterior views of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged renovated circa 1915 by Ballinger & Perrot., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 100A02 and 100B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
Title
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
Description
In June of '63, I suppose you all know (7 vs.) Air—While everything is lovely, and the Goose hangs high. Written by G. P. Hardwick; sold by G. P. Hardwick (2); cop: 1863, Mrs. G. P. Hardwick, DCD.C. Letter paper; red ink; single-line border with flowered
[Deutscher Club Beer Garden, 532 North 4th Street, Philadelphia.]
Title
[Deutscher Club Beer Garden, 532 North 4th Street, Philadelphia.]
Description
Depicts an outdoor, screened eating area, with small square tables set with cloths., Haupt-quartier, Deutscher Club, 532 Nord Vierte Strasse. Jubilaum des 25jahrigen Bestehens...des...Detsch-Amerikanischen Techniker-Verbandes, 27. bis 31. August 1909 in Philadelphia., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Associations - [P.9591]
The Wanamaker Store postcards
Title
The Wanamaker Store postcards
Description
Exterior views looking southwest at the front facade of the department store built 1902-1910 after designs by Daniel H. Burnham & Company., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Two out of three postcards issued for the 21st annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) held in Philadelphia in 1907. Includes a portrait of a woman and an elk superimposed onto a clock on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [various]
The Mechanics Insurance Company's Building, Philadelphia
Title
The Mechanics Insurance Company's Building, Philadelphia
Description
Exterior view of front and east facades looking south. Fire insurance company incorporated in 1854., Undivided back. Post marked 1907. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.9048.317]
Cafe L'Aiglon, corner of main dining room, Chestnut and Fifteenth Streets, Philadelphia
Title
Cafe L'Aiglon, corner of main dining room, Chestnut and Fifteenth Streets, Philadelphia
Description
Depicts an interior view of the main dining room., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.9587.6]
Beck's Dry Goods Store, Bustleton, Pa
Title
Beck's Dry Goods Store, Bustleton, Pa
Description
Exterior view, showing signs for hair cutting, various brands of cigars and post cards for sale in the store., Real photo. Undivided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.9933.14]
[Philadelphia Horse Show, judging appointment class, horses suitable for a lady to drive.]
Title
[Philadelphia Horse Show, judging appointment class, horses suitable for a lady to drive.]
Description
Depicts the Philadelphia Horse Show in an outdoor setting, with trees, several gazebos, and buildings in the background. Includes carriages lined up with several grooms standing in front, each with a be-bonnetted lady at the reins., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Events - [P.2002.67.24]
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia
Title
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia
Description
Exterior view looking southeast at the Broad Street front. Built in 1912 and expanded in 1914. Commissioned by the Widener family., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.12]
Old Philadelphia Punch Bowl
Title
Old Philadelphia Punch Bowl
Description
Exterior view of the Punch Bowl Inn, built circa 1840 and demolished in 1884. The Second Regiment Armory building was constructed on this site in 1890., Copy of Robert Newell's image of the Punch Bowl Inn, photographed circa 1870., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.15]
Horticultural Hall postcards
Title
Horticultural Hall postcards
Description
Depicts hall built 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann, demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens. Includes exterior views taken from various angles and nearby views of the Sunken Gardens and the Lily Pond., Contains 19 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9048.4, P.9048.25, P.9490.33, P.9048.69, P.9048.79, P.9048.121, P.9048.140, P.9048.174, P.9048.240, P.9048.263, P.9048.270, P.9048.275, P.9048.302, P.9048.312, P.9048.334, P.9048.346, P.9048.348, P.9048.352, P.9048.353, P.9048.361, P.9048.397, P.9048.419 and P.9076.11., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1900-1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Parks & squares - Fairmount Park - Horticultural Hall - [various]
St. Clement's Church postcards
Title
St. Clement's Church postcards
Description
Contains images of church built 1855-1859 by John Notman. Includes an exterior view and an interior view of the sanctuary. Horace Wells Sellers built the crypt chapel beneath the apse in 1898 and enlarged the sanctuary in 1908., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.264 and P.9049.92., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]
St. David's P.E. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia
Title
St. David's P.E. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia
Description
Exterior view of church built in 1881 at the corner of Dupont and St. David's Streets in Manayunk., Original church was built in 1835 and remodeled in 1857. On December 23, 1879 the original church was destroyed by a fire., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.42]
Toudy, Henry J.
Title
Toudy, Henry J.
Description
Henry J[ulius] Toudy, born about 1837 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Richmond, Virginia by 1860 before establishing the firm H. J. Toudy & Company in Philadelphia following the Civil War. After a devastating fire in 1878 causing the termination of his company, Toudy moved to Shamokin, Pennsylvania where he worked as a coal operator. He returned to Philadelphia about 1884, first working as a coal agent and then switching to publishing from 1886 until 1891. He retired that year when he obtained an invalid pension for his Civil War service in the Pennsylvania Calvary, including the rank of Lieutenant in Rush's Lancers (1864). Toudy died while a resident of 2149 Narona Street on October 23, 1899 in Philadelphia. He was buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Toudy was married to Alida (b. ca. 1842) with whom he had two children Marian (b. ca. 1872) and Henry (b. ca. 1875).
Date
ca. 1837 - October 23, 1899
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
THE CITY WATCHMAN'S ADDRESS AND SONG.
Title
THE CITY WATCHMAN'S ADDRESS AND SONG.
Description
To our kind friends and patrons, this day we appear (10 vs., and 7 vs. and chor.) Headed: "1851. Christmas. 1851."; list of police stations below; print. King and Baird (!)¦ T. o. border, with arched top, incorporating eagle, seals, portraits, figures and C
Date
1851
Location
#Am 1851 City
Machinery Hall - North Avenue - April 1
Title
Machinery Hall - North Avenue - April 1
Description
Interior view of Machinery Hall along North Avenue. Shows railroad track along the entire isle. A railcar is positioned on the tracks. Depicted on either side of the rail tracks are machine parts and tools.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - album [P.8965.19c]
"GO IT ALONE," OR THE GAME OF LIFE.
Title
"GO IT ALONE," OR THE GAME OF LIFE.
Description
There's a game much in fashion—/ think it's called euchre (7 vs.) Sheet no. 991; From the Phunny Phellow; by John G. Saxe; publ. Partridge (5). T. o. border. 20.7 x 14.9 cm.
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea
Title
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea
Creator
Lossing, Benson John, creator
Date
1866
Location
Am 1866 Loss
Rambles in wonderland, or, Up the Yellowstone, and among the geysers and other curiosities of the National park
Title
Rambles in wonderland, or, Up the Yellowstone, and among the geysers and other curiosities of the National park
Creator
Stanley, Edwin J., creator
Date
1878
Location
Am 1878 Sta
[Edmund Street looking south from Friendship Street, Tacony, Pa.]
Title
[Edmund Street looking south from Friendship Street, Tacony, Pa.]
Description
Depicts row homes along the east side of Edmund Street looking south from Friendship Street., Sheet number: 156B03., Real photo. Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in the corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
ASSU Illustration 7864
Title
ASSU Illustration 7864
Description
Block numbered in three places: 7864., Image of a falcon [?] perched on a rock in a natural setting. In the distant background, numerous birds are in flight.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 1
Rambles in Mount Desert : with sketches of travel on the New England coast, from isles of Shoals to Grand Menan
Title
Rambles in Mount Desert : with sketches of travel on the New England coast, from isles of Shoals to Grand Menan
Creator
DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), creator
Date
1871
Location
Am 1871 DeC
Civil War Recruiting Poster Illustrations
Title
Civil War Recruiting Poster Illustrations
Date
1860-1865
Song sheet headpiece 46
Title
Song sheet headpiece 46
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 995c, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
JOHNNY SCEMOKER.
Title
JOHNNY SCEMOKER.
Description
Johnny Schmoker, Johnny Schmoker (65 lines), Variant: a. With 59 lines; publ. Auner (5); [with SECESSIA LAND on verso.] A-J border. 23 x 14.9 cm., Variant: b. With narrative beginning: "In this song, an old German musician tells his friend, Johnny Schmoker"; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan comic heads border. 25 x 16.5 cm., Variant: c. Long lines; sheet no. 812; publ. Partridge (6). T. o. border. 22.9 x 16.9 cm.
Japaneses bronzes - Main Building.
Title
Japaneses bronzes - Main Building.
Description
Exhibit title: Kiriu-Kosho-Kuwaisha, First Japanese Manufacturing & Trading Co., Tokio, Exhibit #286, Main Exhibition Building, Bldg. Three ornate bronze vases.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
*Centennial - photos [P.9844.50]
Philadelphia city guide
Title
Philadelphia city guide
Date
[1844]
Location
Am 1844 Phila
Guns in Front of Government Building
Title
Guns in Front of Government Building
Description
View of guns, cannons, and various artillery along road in front of U.S. Government Building. Depicted in the scene are people partaking in tasks and a horse tied to a fence. Also shown are many trees in the background.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - album [P.8965.16c]
[Portrait of an unidentified young man looking slightly to his right.]
Title
[Portrait of an unidentified young man looking slightly to his right.]
Description
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval., Uncased. In rectangular velvet frame., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date
ca. 1856
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.13]
THE RICH COUNTRY GAL AND THE WICKED CITY CHAP.
Title
THE RICH COUNTRY GAL AND THE WICKED CITY CHAP.
Description
It's all of a Rich Country gal that I know (5 vs.), Variant: a. Air: Vilikins and Dinah; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan musical instruments border, col. 24 x 16 cm., Variant: b. Air: Vilikins and Dinah; sheet no. 358; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley horned imp border, col. 23.4 x 15.2 cm., Variant: c. Tune.—Villikins and Dinah. Triple-lined border with corner fleurons. 18.5 x 11.5 cm. (cropped)
Jolly Jack
Title
Jolly Jack
Description
The valentine depicts a man in a sailor's uniform holding a glass in one hand and a "greenback," or a paper dollar bill, in the other. The sender rejects the recipient because of his promiscuity and drinking, which it connects with his love of money, specifically paper currency., Text: Loves nothing as well as a good greenback / Except it be his grog: / And the first he'll waste on the sauciest back, / On the second get drunk as a hog / Alack, Jolly Jack! / Why can't you leave off both women and wine? / Then I'd give you a kiss full of true love's bliss, / And ever call you my own Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[not before 1862]
Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read
Title
Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read
Creator
Read, Thomas, creator
Date
1855
Location
Am 1855 Read
ASSASSINATION OF ELLSWORTH, AT ALEXANDRIA, VA., MAY 24TH, 1861.
Title
ASSASSINATION OF ELLSWORTH, AT ALEXANDRIA, VA., MAY 24TH, 1861.
Description
Now, friends, I beg you listen, a sad story I will tell (7 vs.) Air—California Brothers., Variant: a. "Ellsworth" in square caps; publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.5 x 15 cm., Variant: b. "Ellsworth" in scroll caps; [publ. Johnson, with imprint cropped off.] A-J border. 20.2 x 13.5 cm., Variant: c. By Wm. Sutherland; with "Colonel" added to title; publ. Johnson (2); adv: Union Badges, Letters, etc.
MEET ME BY MOONLIGHT ALONE.
Title
MEET ME BY MOONLIGHT ALONE.
Description
Meet me by moonlight alone (2 vs.), Variant: a. 2nd song: "How Dear to Me the Hour!"; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower corners. 24.6 x 16.3 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] De Marsan comic heads border. 25.3 x 16.8 cm.
ASSU Illustration 9021
Title
ASSU Illustration 9021
Description
Block numbered in two places: 9021, also 1460 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman and a girl indoors; the woman enters from or stands in front of a doorway, and places her hand on the girl’s shoulder; the girl sits at a desk with her hands clasped and two or three closed books in front of her; the room’s carpet has a circular design, and the walls have crown molding, suggesting that it may be an elaborate or well-furnished room; two large paintings hang on the walls., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 17
Staton Brothers, Stationery and Art Shop, Germantown Ave. and Coulter St., Germantown, Pa
Title
Staton Brothers, Stationery and Art Shop, Germantown Ave. and Coulter St., Germantown, Pa
Description
Exterior view of front facade of Staton Brothers stationery store at 5402 Germantown Avenue., Sheet number: 100A07., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]
Singer.
Title
Singer.
Description
The singer holds a sheet of music and his hand to his heart. Jullien refers to French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien. The sender mocks the recipient's poor singing., Text: No one would take you for a Jullien, Sir, / For such croaking never was heard, / Whenever I hear you it reminds me of---/ A carpenter sawing a board., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]
The Negro problem solved, or, Africa as she was, as she is, and as she shall be : her curse and her cure
Title
The Negro problem solved, or, Africa as she was, as she is, and as she shall be : her curse and her cure
Creator
Read, Hollis, creator
Date
1864
Location
Am 1864 Rea
Religious dissensions: their cause and cure
Title
Religious dissensions: their cause and cure
Creator
Church, creator
Date
1838
Location
Am 1838 Churc
ASSU Illustration 7903
Title
ASSU Illustration 7903
Description
Block numbered in two places: 7903, also 1901 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a map including the regions labeled Persia, Parthia, Media, Elam, Assyria, Media, and Armenia.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 24
ASSU Illustration 3898
Title
ASSU Illustration 3898
Description
Block numbered in two places: 3898, also 172 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two girls and a boy; the younger girl reaches up toward the older girl, who points or extends her hand toward the boy; the boy extends a ball in his hand; a small racket or paddle lies on the ground.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 20
Francis, John F.
Title
Francis, John F.
Description
John F. Francis, premier portrait and still-life painter born August 13, 1808 in Philadelphia served as the artist for the noted portrait lithograph of Gov. Joseph Ritner lithographed by Albert Newsam and printed by P. S. Duval in 1838., Francis spent the early part of his career as an itinerant portrait painter in Schuylkill County, PA before settling as a portrait and still-life painter in Philadelphia ca. 1838. In 1840, he was listed as a portrait painter in the Northern Liberties Ward and by 1860 had relocated to Upper Providence, Pa. where he remained as of 1870. During this decade, he held $5,000-$7,000 worth of personal estate (i.e., over $100, 000 in 2008). From 1840 to after 1858, he exhibited his portraits and still lifes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and at Artist's Fund Society exhibitions and sold his work through the American Art Union. He produced little art work during the 1870s and 1880s and died a recluse on November 15, 1886.
Date
August 13, 1808-November 15, 1886
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Proverbial philosophy
Title
Proverbial philosophy
Creator
Tupper, creator
Date
1846
Location
Am 1846 Tuppe
HARK! THE SUMMONS.
Title
HARK! THE SUMMONS.
Description
Hark! in the South the thundering drum (5 vs.) [Signed] B.; Baltimore, Oct. 9th, 1861; 2nd song: Southern Sentiments., Variant: a. Double-line border; soldier on horse blowing trumpet. 30.6 x 9.2 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] pink paper. 30.6 x 9.2 cm.
I'D OFFER THEE THIS HAND.
Title
I'D OFFER THEE THIS HAND.
Description
I'd offer thee this hand of mine (3 vs.), Variant: a. With "Of Mine" in title; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan comic heads border. 25.4 x 15.5 cm., Variant: ab. Publ. Johnson (2). A-J border. 17 x 12.5 cm. (cropped), Variant: b. Publ. Magnus (1). Letter paper; single-line border; bronze ink; hdpc. Magnus 248b, col. 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
JEREMY DIDDLER.
Title
JEREMY DIDDLER.
Description
Miss Nicholls lodged on the first floor (7 vs.), Variant: a. As sung by Frank Lum, the celebrated comic vocalist; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan comic heads border. 24.6 x 16.9 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 968; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley moon border. 25.6 x 15.6 cm.
Southern clergyman and the devil envelope
Title
Southern clergyman and the devil envelope
Description
Image: A clergyman stands at a lectern and looks down at the bible resting on top. A devil figure stands behind the clergyman and points to scripture he wants the clergyman to read., Verse 110: An eminent southern clergyman, during an eloquent discourse, is wonderfully assisted in finding scriptural authority for Secession and Treason, and the divine ordination of Slavery., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1861-1865
American or standard whist
Title
American or standard whist
Creator
Pettes, George William, creator
Date
1881, c1880
Location
Am 1880 Pett
To a Stonecutter.
Title
To a Stonecutter.
Description
The stonecutter holds a mallet and chisel and stands in front of a large slab of stone which the text suggests is a sarcophagus. He sticks out his tongue and has sharp teeth., Text: What a sweet face is here display'd -- / To charm a young girl, a widow or maid, / Oh! St. Valentine, run away quick, / From this beauteous visage, that makes one sick. / Hammer away! my cutter of stones, / Be they for living or dead men's bones; / Ply the mallet and chisel-- look grim, / What will it matter for her or for him., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]

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