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Charles Oakford's Model Hat Store. 158 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Hats,...
This advertising print from circa 1854 shows the ornately furnished interior of a hat store established by Charles Oakford in 1827 at 158 (now 624) Chestnut Street, in Philadelphia. On each side of...
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Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, the First Opened for Union...
This chromolithograph from 1862 shows an exterior and an interior view of the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon situated near the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad station in...
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View of the Encampment of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania...
This chromolithograph by artist John L. Magee shows a group of civilians gathered near a large flagpole watching a regiment drill in front of tents at “Camp Union,” the camp near East Falls,...
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William Newell's Grocery Store. Number 3 South Water Street, Philadelphia
This advertising print from 1846 shows a four-story building that houses a grocery and is adorned with the sign, "William Newell. Store. 1793." There are four open entrances; inside, gentlemen are...
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View of Robert Buist's City Nursery and Greenhouses. Number 140 South Twelfth...
This advertising print from 1846 depicts a bird's-eye view looking northwest at the enclosed nursery and greenhouses of Robert Buist, located on 12th Street, south of Lombard Street, in Philadelphia....
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C. F. Mansfield. Paper Hangings, Wholesale and Retail. 275 South Second...
This advertising print from 1848 shows the three-story storefront of the wallpaper store of Charles F. Mansfield, located at 275 (i.e., 621) South Second Street in Philadelphia. A couple dressed in...
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The Artillery Corps of Philadelphia Greys, Company D, Commanded by Captain...
This print, created circa 1845, shows mounted artillery troops of the Pennsylvania militia, known as the “Philadelphia Greys,” conducting a drill. The drill takes place on a large field near Powelton...
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Christ Church Hospital
This 1864 lithograph shows an exterior view of the front facade of a hospital building constructed between 1856 and 1861 and located at 2100 North 49th Street in Philadelphia. The building was...
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Dunlap's Phoenix Coach Works. Corner of Fifth and Buttonwood Streets,...
This circa 1856 advertising print details the industrial complex for the "Phoenix Coach Works" located on the 400 block of Buttonwood Street in Philadelphia. The complex includes a four-story main...
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The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
This lithograph from circa 1855 shows an exterior view of the four-story Gothic-style New Masonic Hall, located at 713-721 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The hall was built 1853–55 after the designs...
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Grand Lodge Room of the New Masonic Hall. Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
This 1855 commemorative print shows the ornately decorated grand lodge room on the second floor of the New Masonic Hall, located at 713-721 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The hall was built 1853–55...
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Wright, Hunter and Company. Southwest Corner of Ninth and Walnut Streets,...
This 1858 advertising print shows the five-story property at 900 Walnut Street, on the corner of Ninth and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. The building was tenanted by the plumbing and gas fitting...
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Jones and Company of the Crescent One Price Clothing Store. Number 200 Market...
This advertising print from circa 1855 depicts the two-bay, five-story, green building that had been occupied by a clothing store owned by Owen Jones since 1846. The building was located at 200 Market...
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Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church. 11th Street above Jefferson Street...
This lithograph from circa 1854 shows an exterior, oblique view looking southwest at the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, located on 11th Street just north of Jefferson Street in Philadelphia....
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Thomas Hargrave, Ornamental Carver and Sculptor. Southwest Corner of Ridge...
This advertising print from circa 1848 shows the facade of the three-story business and the adjacent marble yard located at North 13th Street and Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia (east of North Broad...
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Athenaeum
This 1847 print shows a view looking southwest toward the three-story Italianate-style library building, the Athenaeum, built 1845–47 after the designs of Scottish-born architect John Notman. The...
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The Magnetic Observatory at the Girard College
This 1847 lithograph was used as a plate in a volume about magnetic and meteorological observations; it illustrates an oblique elevation and floor plan of the magnetic observatory building at Girard...
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Map of the City, Port, and Harbor of Newport, with Part of Rhode Island,...
Plan de la ville, port, et rade de Newport, avec une partie de Rhode-Island occupée par l'armée française aux ordres de Mr. Le comte de Rochambeau, et de l'escadre française commandée par Mr. le...
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Map of Rhode Island and the Position of the French Army in Newport
Plan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport (Map of Rhode Island and the position of the French Army in Newport) is a manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor dating from...
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Attack on the Continental Army on Long Island on August 27, 1776. Drawing of...
Attaque de l'armée des provinciaux dans Long Island du 27. aoust 1776 (Attack on the Continental Army on Long Island on August 27, 1776) shows the American and British positions in the Battle of Long...
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