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Title: THE YELLOW HAIRED BOY 16 MONTHS OLD.
Description: Be- hold him now creeping on the carpeted floor (5 vs. and chors.) Air.—Viliken's And Dinah. Sheet no. 417; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley horned imp border, col. 23 x 15.4 cm.

Title: The Pirates own book, or, Authentic narratives of the lives, exploits, and executions of the most celebrated sea robbers
Date: 1841
Location: Am 1841 Pirates

Title: The priciples of the art of modern horsemanship, for ladies and gentlemen
Creator: Lebeaud, creator
Date: 1833
Location: Am 1833 Lebe

Title: Louisiana envelope
Description: Image: Depicts a mother pelican feeding her young in the Louisiana state seal. Above the scene are scales of "Justice" and sixteen stars., Caption: Arms of Louisiana. Rebels., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1861-1865

Title: Friend Jane envelope
Description: Image: A smiling Quaker woman holds a bayonet and takes a hat from a tall man who leans on his cane., Verse 678: Friend Jane - I have bought thee a Staff and Hat, which I hope will prove serviceable in these times., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1861-1865

Title: BLUE TAIL FLY.
Description: I have sung about my long tail blue (5 vs. and 2 chors.) Air.—Clar de Kitchen. Print. Andrews; with Astley's imprint added. T. o. border. 24.6 x 15.5 cm.

Title: ASSU Illustration 0873
Description: Block numbered in three places: 873., Image of a Sunday-school building with a teacher surrounded by girls in the doorway, and two boys in the foreground (one holding a book)., Illustration appears in The Design and importance of Sabbath-schools (Philadelphia, not before 1827?), wrapper vignette., Illustration appears in Select poetry, for children (Philadelphia, not before 1845?), p. 11., A similar illustration appears in The sailor's daughter (New York: Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1846), p. 8., Copy 2, stereotype (4.8 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm.), , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [not before 1827?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 7

Title: Oh! Gentle Lady, you know full well.
Description: The valentine shows a woman standing on a city street. She wears a walking dress with short skirt that reveals her crinoline structure, legs, and petticoats. The valentine mocks the recipient's immodest deportment., Text: Oh! Gentle Lady, you know full well, / You care not for mud, but you'd cut a swell-- / A swell you make, if you could see, / You'd be ashamed, as well as we., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: THERE IS A FLOWER THAT BLOOMETH.
Description: There is a flower that bloometh (2 vs.) Sheet no. 1057; publ. Wrigley (1); [with I'LL TOUCH MY HARP on recto.] Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.5 x 15.5 cm.

Title: You are my Darling.
Description: A woman in an ornate gown walks her small black dog., Text: You are my darling; don't I know / Why you are ogling ev'ry beau; / But all in vain, for who would be / Led like a puppy tied to thee., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: Hobb's architecture : containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages, and other edifices, both suburban and rural adapted to the United States / with rules for criticism, and introd.
Creator: Hobbs, Isaac H. and Son, creator
Date: 1873
Location: Am 1873 Hob

Title: The scientific basis of education : demonstrated by an analysis of the temperaments and of phrenological facts, in connection with mental phenomena and the office of the Holy Spirit in the processes of the mind
Creator: Hecker, John, creator
Date: 1868, [c1866]
Location: Am 1868 Hec

Title: Blicker, George
Description: George Blicker, born about 1833 in Hanover, Germany worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided with his wife, Madeline (b. ca. 1834) and three children, Margaret (b. 1855), Sarah (b. 1857), and Caroline (b. 1859), in Ward 5.
Date: b. ca. 1833
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: A HUNKEY BOY IS YANKEE DOODLE.
Description: Now, white folks, all, both great and small, come listen to my song (7 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. As sung by Frank Kern's at the Kossuth Concert Saloon; publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.5 x 14 cm., Variant: b. [Without period at end of title;] varying punctuation in first line; publ. Auner (4). A-J border. 21.3 x 12.7 cm., Variant: c. Title: "Hunkey Boy is Yankee Doodle, or, Whack Row De Dow"; varying punctuation in first line; as sung by Frank Moran of Carncross and Dixey's Minstrels and Opera Troupe; publ. Johnson (2); adv: Prof. Brooks' Ball Room Monitor. A-J border. 25.2 x 15 cm.

Title: HOW THE VETERANS BROKE UP JEFF DAVIS' BALL.
Description: Far down in the South there lives Jeffy Davis (6 vs.) Air—"Lanagan's Ball." By Mrs. G. P. Hardwick; adv: Soldiers can receive 14 of our beautifully illustrated Ballads by addressing G. P. Hardwick; copyright secured. Letter paper; blue ink; eagle, sailor

Title: ANSWER TO A THOUSAND A YEAR.
Description: Have you heard the strange news just came down, Gaffer Green (6 vs.) [Publ.] De Marsan (1). De Marsan kissing cupids border, col. 24.3 x 15.2 cm.

Title: SAMMY SLAP, THE BILL-STICKER.
Description: I'm Sammy Slap, the bill-sticker, and you must all agree, sirs (6 vs. and chor.) Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border, col. 25 x 16.3 cm.

Title: PADDY'S LAMENT.
Description: Och home! alas! for the sons of ould Erin (9 vs.), Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 23.3 x 14.4 cm., Variant: b. Adv: You will save 25 per cent, by getting your Print- ing done; [print.] Johnson (3). Wavy-line sides, with floral cornerpieces; four men smoking. 22.5 x 14.1 cm.

Title: The young lady's councellor, or, Outlines and illustrations of the sphere, the duties and the dangers of young women
Creator: Wise, Daniel, creator
Date: 1852
Location: Am 1852 Wis

Title: Smith. B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Jr.
Description: Benjamin Franklin Smith, Jr., born on August 5, 1830 in South Freedom, Maine, was a noted lithographic artist of bird's eye views, including Philadelphia, in the mid 19th century. Partner in the firm the Smith Brothers, with brothers Francis (1828-1903), George Warren (1825-1922), and David Clifford (1827-1911). Smith, like his brothers, first canvassed for subscriptions of views by New York lithographer Edwin Whitefield, before he and his siblings started their own New York firm in 1849. Between 1850 and 1855, the firm issued nearly 30 views, including two drawn on stone by Benjamin F. showing Philadelphia; "Philadelphia from Camden - 1850" and "Philadelphia from Girard College - 1850." The firm disbanded in 1856 although B. F. Smith issued a lithographic view of Elmira, N.Y. as B. F. Smith, Jr. & Co. (Albany, N.Y.) in 1862., Following his work in the lithographic trade, Smith and his brother Francis entered the Colorado mining business in the late 1850s and later invested in Omaha stockyards. Smith returned to Maine a wealthy man in the 1880s. At his return, he created the Rockport estate "Warrenton Park" and the B. F. Smith Trust, a precedent setting trust in its excellent management of the family funds. He was reputed the richest man in the state by the time of his death in 1927., Smith was married to Henrietta (b. 1840) in 1862 and the couple had two children (son Clifford and daughter Cordelia) living in 1900. The couple resided in "Warrenton Park" with several servants according to the census for that year. Smith's brother Francis also resided at the estate.
Date: August 5, 1830-1927
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: The pastor's story and other pieces, or, Prose and poetry
Creator: Gay, Mary Ann Harris, creator
Date: 1874
Location: Am 1874 Gay

Title: Friend, Norman
Description: Norman Friend, a map lithographer and engraver, born in Denmark about 1814, worked in Philadelphia ca. 1840s-1888. Friend immigrated to the United States in the early 1840s. By 1844, he resided in Philadelphia and began the naturalization process. He was married to Mary (b. ca. 1830) by 1850 and resided most of his professional career on the 100 and 200 block of North Second Street. In 1849, he started his own firm at 141 (i.e. 400 block) Walnut Street, which he removed to 80 (i.e., 332) Walnut Street in 1851 preceding his partnership with Jacob Aub in the firm of Friend & Aub. After Aub's departure in 1860, Friend continued to operate at the address under his own name until his death., Throughout his career, he specialized in map work, beginning with "Sidney's Map of Twelve Miles around New York" (1849) from surveys by James C. Sidney, and the "Map of Philadelphia" published as part of the Philadelphia City Directories of 1849 and 1850. During the 1860s and 1870s, he worked on many of the Midwestern county maps and atlases published by Lewis H. Everts and his various associates (including Duval & Hunter, later Thomas Hunter) bringing standardization to the county atlas format., Friend died of heart disease on February 25, 1888 with the listed residency of 529 Vine Street. He was buried in Ocean Grove, N.J.
Date: 1814- February 25, 1888
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: [Charles W. Gettz seated at table with one hand supporting his head.]
Description: Portrait of a seated young man resting one hand on his hand-painted pink cheek. His elbow is on a book placed on the nearby table. His other hand rests in his lap. Philadelphia city directories list Charles Getz as a farmer or gardener., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top of sun. Embossed within two concentric circles forming the core of the sun: Evans 380 Market St. Girard Row. Original Sun Beam., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in an octagonal border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses, variant and is plate 127 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1857. No design on verso.
Creator: Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.1]]

Title: Coffee : its history, cultivation, and uses
Creator: Hewitt, Robert G., creator
Date: 1872
Location: Am 1872 Hew

Title: Kentuckians beware of traitors envelope
Description: Image: Depicts the state seal of Kentucky, which centers around two men clasping their hands together underneath of the motto "United we stand, Divided we fall.", Verse 1189: Kentuckians! Beware of Traitors!, Verse 2603: United we stand, divided we fall., Caption: "If Kentucky to-morrow unfurls the banner of resistance, I never will fight under that banner. I owe a paramount allegiance to the whole Union--a subordinate one to my own State." Henry Clay, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1861-1865

Title: THE JOLLY 69TH.
Description: Come, ould Erin, raise your head (9 vs.) Air: Paddies Evermore. Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan comic heads border, col. 25.5 x 15.7 cm.

Title: Song sheet headpiece 141
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2488b, 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).

Title: Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land
Creator: Stephens, John Lloyd, creator
Date: 1837
Location: Am 1837 Ste

Title: Doctor Thorne, a novel
Creator: Trollope, Anthony, creator
Date: 1860
Location: Am 1858 Trol

Title: The elements of natural theology
Creator: Nichols, creator
Date: 1836
Location: Am 1836 Nicho

Title: A treatise on hydrostatics and pneumatics
Creator: Lardner, Dionysius, creator
Date: 1832
Location: Am 1832 Lard

Title: MY JOHNNY WAS A SHOEMAKER.
Description: My Johnny was a shoemaker (4 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan horned imp border. 24.8 x 16.3 cm., Variant: b. Title: "My Jonny Is a Shoemaker;" publ. Johnson (2); adv: Cards, Circulars, Bill-Heads, etc. A-J border. 23.5 x 15.1 cm., Variant: c. This Song can be had at Murphy's, Sixth Street above Catharine; publ. Warren (4). T.o. border 21.3 x 11.5 cm.

Title: CHIVALROUS C.S.Al
Description: I'll sing you a song of the South's sunny clime (4 vs. and chor.) Air—"Vive la Compagnie!" [Signed] B.; Baltimore, Sept. 21, 1861. T. o. border. 25.5 x 13.2 cm.

Title: ARE WE FREE?
Description: Are we free*? go ask the question (6 vs.), Variant: a. [Signed] J[ames R. Brewer]; Maryland, 1861. Red ink; double-line border. 20.5 x 12.4 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] but title: "Maryland in Chains." 27.8 x 9.9 cm.

Title: Two lectures on the connection between the Biblical and physical history of man
Creator: Nott, Josiah C., creator
Date: 1849
Location: Am 1849 Nott

Title: Statistical gazetteer of the states of Virginia and North Carolina
Date: 1856
Location: Am 1856 Stati

Title: THE NEW-YORK VOLUNTEER.
Description: 'Twas in the days of '76 (5 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan comic heads border. 25 x 16.5 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] De Marsan eagle border, col. 21.4 x 15 cm., Variant: c. [Without "The" and hyphen in title;] Written by Frank Spear, and Sung by Sam Long; sheet no. 859; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley military cupid border. 25 x 15.5 cm.

Title: Vulgarisms and other errors of speech. : To which is added a review of Mr. G. Washington Moon's 'Dean's English' and 'Bad English.'
Creator: Bache, Richard Meade, creator
Date: 1869
Location: Am 1869 Bach

Title: Colton's traveler and tourist's route-book
Date: 1851
Location: Am 1851 Colto

Title: A Booby.
Description: The "booby" looks down and holds his head. He has a round stomach, bald patches on his head, and long feet., Text: Search through the world above, below, / None half so senseless, well we know, / Can e'er be found, take every pains-- / For all things else have got some brains., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: View of the United States
Creator: Darby, William, creator
Date: 1828
Location: Am 1828 Dar

Title: ELLSWORTH'S AVENGERS.
Description: Down where the patriot army (5 vs. and chor.) Air—Annie Lisle. By A. L. Hudson., Variant: a. [Without '"S" in title, and author's name;] print. Auner (5); with quotation marks around Air. A-J border. 23 x 14.5 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] publ. Auner (4). T. o. border. 24.7 x 14.7 cm., Variant: c. With exclamation point at end of title; De Marsan (3). De Marsan eagle border. 21.3 x 14.5 cm., Variant: d. [As above;] [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 25 x 16.7 cm., Variant: e. [Without '"S" in title; and author's name;] publ. Doyle. T. o. border. 20.5 x 11.7 cm., Variant: ef. [Without "S" in title, and author's name;] publ. Johnson (2). T.o. border. 21.3 x 12 cm. (cropped)., Variant: f. With 2 chors.; adv: See the Songs; publ. Johnson (2). Ellsworth trampling Confederate flag, with motto Remember Ellsworth! 20 x 13 cm., Variant: g. [As above;] adv: Ball Room Monitor By Prof. Brooks. Ellsworth trampling Confederate flag, with motto Remember Ellsworth! 24.5 x 15 cm., Variant: h. Respectfully dedicated to the Excelsior Brigade, U.S.V. Commanded by Gen. Sickel, of N.Y.; advs: New Songs, and 100 Union Songs; publ. Johnson (2). Ellsworth trampling Confederate flag while holding Union flag. 24.1 x 15 cm., Variant: i. [Without Air and author's name;] publ. Johnson and Co. 20.7 x 12 cm., Variant: j. Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 49, col.; publ. Magnus. 20.4 x 13.2 cm., Variant: k. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 117, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 21 x 14.2 cm., Variant: l. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 118, col. 20 x 13 cm., Variant: m. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 131, col. 21 x 13 cm., Variant: n. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 133, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.6 cm., Variant: o. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 146, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 13 cm., Variant: p. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 148, col. 20.5 x 13 cm., Variant: q. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 191, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: r. [As above;] but with different adv: Ten illustrated Songs. 20.3 x 12.6 cm., Variant: s. Sheet no. 528; publ. Partridge (2). T. o. border. 23 x 15.7 cm., Variant: t. Sheet no. 844. Wrigley Ethiopian border. 23 x 15 cm., Variant: u. T. o. border. 20.7 x 12.2 cm.

Title: History of the conquest of Mexico
Creator: Prescott, William H., creator
Date: [1843]
Location: Am 1843 Pre

Title: Forest life and forest trees : comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure.
Creator: Springer, John S., creator
Date: 1851
Location: Am 1851 Spr

Title: JUDY BAKER.
Description: I did love a pretty girl (4 vs. and chor.) [Publ.] De Marsan (1). De Marsan Ethiopian border, col. 25.4 x 17 cm.

Title: The mount of vision: or, Illustrations of religious truth
Date: 1835
Location: Am 1835

Title: Acker Quality Shop postcards
Description: Primarily includes interior views of Acker Quality Shop showing various departments and restaurants. Depicts the confectionary department, Caillers Swiss Chalet, the Men's Dutch Kitchen and the refreshment fountain. Also includes views of the central staircase and the front and east facades., Philadelphia souvenir post card monogram of Independence Hall on verso., Accession numbers: P.9490.3 - 7 and P.9587.5., 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 - [various]

Title: THE HILLHOUSE INF ANTRY.
Description: Now all kind friends that's here to-night, give ear unto my song (6 vs. and chor.) Air: Whack row de dow. By John C. Cross; written for J. E. Crookes, 132 Regt. N.Y.V.; [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan military cupid border. 25.4 x 16.4 cm.

Title: Medical register of the District of Columbia, 1867
Creator: Toner, Joseph M., creator
Date: 1867
Location: Am 1867 Ton

Title: O, could I weave a mystic charm
Description: The valentine shows a portrait of a young woman clasping her hands together next to her face. Inscribed: Louisville Feb. 1851., Text: O, could I weave a mystic charm / All evil influence to disarm -- / The coming sorrow I'd destroy, / And turn all bitterness to joy; / My life for thine I'd gladly yield / And with my own, thy bosom shield., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [1851?]

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