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An unfinished house, in Chesnut Street Philadelphia. Built for the lat...

Print shows a street view of a large house under construction beyond two trees in the foreground; also shows pedestrians and, arriving on the left, a workman carrying a ladder. Inscribed in pencil below plate ... More

Panoramic views of Philadelphia, from the state house / drawn from nat...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keeper's house - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of an eclectic, picturesque building that serves as the park keeper's house, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Mansion house - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of the front of the mansion house, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Whirligig in Shützen Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sep. 1873

Stereograph showing a carousel at Shützen Park, Philadelphia. American Scenery. Bell, photographer, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Bird's eye view, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Park, Philad...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 7. Copyright by Sydney Smirke.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Bird's Eye Vie...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. No. 2152. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Firsts; Exhibitions 1876; Shelf.

Kangaroo, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Stuffed kangaroo at International Exhibition in Philadelphia. 1844191? U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2773.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Shoe and Leathe...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2332. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Industry... Boats...; Exhibitions; Navy, US; Bells...; Books; Shelf.

July 4th, 1876. The Centennial celebration in Philadelphia - The Seven...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1876, July 22, 1876, p. 333.

[Library Company of Philadelphia, Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsyl...

Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[South Broad Street from City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Electric locomotive for mine haulage under construction in erecting sh...

H70660 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7089. Public domain photograph of a workshop, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Foundry, showing cylinders just from the moulding flasks, Baldwin Loco...

H70644 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7073. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the Brit...

Title from item. Re-engraving of earlier print shows the British fleet bombarding Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812. Purchase; Old Print Shop; 2012; (DLC/PP-2013:004).

Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[New York, NL & Philadelphia, NL players view fire damage, Polo Ground...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellis P. Passmore of Philadelphia., Pennsylvania at W.H. [i.e., White ...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hammond's bird's-eye view map of Philadelphia and vicinity /

F51816 U.S. Copyright Office Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 831.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

North Fortieth Street housing group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Window of a chain grocery store on Market ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior view of Independence Hall, Philadelphia

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rosenthal, L.N.

Thomas S. Dixon & Sons 1324 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Manufacture...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Boell.

Bird's eye view, Centennial Buildings, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

2648g(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.J. Toudy & Co. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charleston, S.C. custom house / C.C. Kuchel ; P.S. Duval & Co.'s Steam...

Edward B. White, constructing architect. Arranged & designed by Ammi B. Young, artist.

[Interior views of the McAllister & Brother optical shop in Philadelph...

One photograph attributed to John Moran; stereograph attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Unprocessed in D 024

High Street, From the Country Market-place, Philadelphia

Woman and child watching meat vendor; wagons; cart. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 11. Ref. copies may be in LOT... More

New Market, in South Second Street, Philadelphia

Cow decorated with flowers led by small group of people. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of paint... More

[4th Division, 9th Army Corps flag in green] / Magee, 316 Chestnut Str...

Picture shows a flag of the 4th Division, 9th Army Corps. "Copy right secured, 1864" printed left side. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 17. "E17" is inscribed on front of envelope in pencil. "GE... More

Jennie Capparomie, 708 S. Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 5 years old. Wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

High Street, with the First Presbyterian church Philadelphia. Taken do...

Print shows a street view with the High Street marketplace on the left and the First Presbyterian Church on the right, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and service carts on the cobblestone street. Inscribed in... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William G. Mason. Signs include: Refrigerators, John Gibson, Wines and Liquors, Hotel. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: Chestnut Street - North side be... More

[No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Signs on buildings include: Walking Canes, McAllister, McAllister & Son, W.G. Mason Engraver, A.J. McDuffee. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: View of houses No. 46 to... More

Perspective view / L.N. Rosenthals Chromo Lith. Philadelphia.

Print shows a perspective view of an Italianate style building on a street corner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; designed by architect Samuel Sloan, it may have been the residence of Joseph Harrison, Jr. at 221... More

[Unidentified man] / J. Cremer & Co., artists, No. 18 South Eighth Str...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Unidentified African American man] / Broadbent & Phillips, 1206 Chest...

No. 28229. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At Dock Street wharf / Schell & Hogan ; JL[?] sc.

Print shows congestion of horse-drawn carts and wagons overburdened with merchanise on Dock Street, also handcarts, teamsters and longshoremen, and railroad locomotives and cars for hauling goods from ships to ... More

Birdseye view of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with the buildings of t...

Print shows the Schuylkill River with people strolling and riding in carriages in the foreground. 8590 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Govt. Bldg. fro...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2687. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Philadelphiadelphia City Hall, Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylvania; ext...

D23186 U.S. Copyright Office Reference copy may be in County Court Houses of the United States microfiche 139 (E1). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa. Phila.... More

[Market Street, west from 11th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A View on the Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Betsy Ross house, Philadelphia view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51365". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.... More

North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chestnut Street and post office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Broad Street, north from Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Buttercup Cottage, Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania [i.e. M...

, with corrected information and date from Mount Airy / Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis, Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., c2008, p. 12. No. 4092. Forms part of: Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture (PAEAA)... More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A "museum" of freaks and curiousities on S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Back yard of an abandoned house at 20th an...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Linmore Street housing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typical kitchen

Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street scene, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century s...

12253C2 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11430 Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been pic...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Hall Chesnut St. Phila'a. erected A.D. 1813 destroyed by fire ...

Print shows the Masonic Hall from the street, with horse-drawn coach and pedestrians in the foreground. Includes "inscription on corner stone" at center, below image. Entered according to Act of Congress in th... More

Captain Gillespie and officers of flagship Philadelphia, Charleston Ha...

Stereograph showing group of Union officers posed next to a cannon in front of the wheel house on the deck of the U.S.S. Philadelphia. Part of the series, The War For The Union Photographic History. War Views. ... More

[Unknown location. Officers of the U.S.S. Philadelphia before pilot-ho...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Rebecca. A slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Ch...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing front. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a m... More

Independence Hall (rear view). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th centur...

Written on front of mount: 551. Amateur Photographic Exchange Club label affixed to verso gives title, photographer,photographer's address (No. 1717 Arch Street, Philadelphia), date, and negative (tannin). Ama... More

Philadelphia (corner Chestnut Street) / by Ridgeway (i.e. Ridgway) Glo...

Photograph shows a procession following Abraham Lincoln's funeral car on the streets of Philadelphia, April 22, 1865. Inscribed on verso: Lincoln funeral by Glover. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015... More

Jennie Capparomie, 708 S. Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 5 years old. Wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of Philadelphia as seen from top of Great Ship House, Augt. 1829 ...

(DLC/PP-1996:023.12) Notations below, above and within image identify types of ships and places. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 152. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

[U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia]

Exterior view of the U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1999 (DLC/PP-1999:126.011) Published in: Gat... More

Pennsylvania Hospital, Pine Street, Philadelphia, engraving, Library o...

Published in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, July 1854, p. 24. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pennsylvania Philadelphia; Hospitals Pennsylvania;... More

Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Exterior of Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 284.

Handel and Hayden Hall occupied by the Union Business College of Phila...

Photograph shows students attending class at Union Business College, now named Peirce College, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Continuation of caption on verso: Thomas May Peirce, A.M., President. A popular and... More

Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Stereograph showing visitors on a terrace in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Lemon Hill, country house of Robert Morris [sic], Fairmount Park, Phil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Aerial view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

33289 or 33292 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Leading the parade - Philadelphia. Peace Jubilee

Stereo copyright by R.Y. Young. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[The Elevated station at Thirty-sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Broad Street station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Paint shop showing dome casings and sand boxes, Baldwin Locomotive Wor...

H70655 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7084. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frank Carson Anderson house, 1321 Spruce Street, Phildelphia, Pennsyl...

Site History. The house of Grace Adele Smith (Mrs. Frank Carson) Anderson, who is the lantern slide artist credited by Frances Benjamin Johnston with the coloring of Johnston's "Our American Gardens" slides. O... More

GADSDEN, P.H. OF PHILADELPHIA. SPEC. ELEC. RY. COMMN.; McGRAW, JAMES H...

A group of men standing next to each other on a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - Second Street market

Print shows Philadelphia's Second Street Market. Library has two impressions. No. 748-1: Wuerth, 748. Edition of 50? Plate in LC. Gift; Pennell Collection. Published in: American prints in the Library of Congr... More

Sen. Pepper of Pennsylvania introduced Mrs. Violet Oakley the celebrat...

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Miss Ruth Malcomson of Philadelphia., the Miss America of 1924, and h...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 34085. In album, p. 26.

Republican Mayor of Philadelphia tells Chief Executive desire to coope...

A group of men standing outside of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Grandstand of a baseball park at Girard Av...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Fortieth Street housing group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Fortieth Street housing group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harrison's handkerchief extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th ...

Print shows a ballroom scene at a stately manor in a sylvan setting, the foreground overflowing with floral arrangements and there are two massive lampposts flanking the entrance. On the left and the right are ... More

John Young Jr. Capt. 109th Pennsylvania / From C. H. Spieler's Photogr...

Photograph shows portrait of Captain John Young of Co. D, 109th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, in uniform with sword. Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room.

"Lincoln's Funeral," Philadelphia / taken by Ridgeway (i.e. Ridgway) G...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's casket conveyed by funeral car through the crowd on Broad Street in Philadelphia, April 22, 1865. (Source: Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B, Twenty Days: A Narrative in... More

These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St....

Photograph shows half-length portraits of Charles Taylor, Rosina Downs, and Rebecca Huger. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Philip Ba... More

"The children of the battle field" / Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, 912-91...

Photograph shows reproduction of tintype portrait of Frank, Frederick, and Alice Humiston, children of Sergeant Amos Humiston of Co. C, 154th New York Infantry Regiment, who died at the Battle of Gettysburg wit... More

William Russell Birch - Schuylkill Bridge, High Street, Philadelphia

Print shows view of the Schuylkill Bridge with an inset showing the bridge covered.

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William Y. McAllister. Case: plain leather double case; pressure sensitive label attached to case: 22/23. Housed in case with DAG no. 1276. Printed on paper label on back of case: William Y. McAll... More

Arch Street Theatre. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photo shows an exterior view of the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saxhorn] / Photographed by...

Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Interior of Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 286.

Philadelphia. Mint smelting room, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

Stereograph showing interior view with smelting equipment. From series: Centennial Views. Philadelphia and Fairmount Park. No. 117. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

First steam fire engine, and trip hammer

2375H U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2775. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial ...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876June 10, p. 573. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street scenes; Exhibitions; Shelf.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Japanese Mirror...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2017. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Japan Misc.; Shelf.

Girard Avenue Bridge and surroundings

H5581 U.S. Copyright Office Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Retinue attending Chinese statesman, Li Hung Chang, when he visited P...

Photograph shows Li Hung Chang and another man riding in a horse-drawn carriage with crowds on both sides of the street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 549. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the... More

Public Bldg., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photograph shows City Hall under construction. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the North American and Real Estate Trust ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.