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Birds eye view of Philadelphia

Description
Image of an elevated landscape view looking southwest and showing the harbor and city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with ships in the Delaware River in the foreground.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
©1850
Call number
priJLC_VIEW_000534
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Bachelder, John B. (1825-1894.)
Bachmann, John, (active 1849-1885.)
Bailey, H. H. (1836-1878.)
Bailey, S. F. (1827-1906.)
Baker, Geo. H. (1834-1904.)
Barker, J. J. (1853-1914,)
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, (1826-1909.)
Beman, S. S. (1818-1874.)
Benecke, Theodore. (approximately 1821-1880,)
Bennett, N. S. (1779-1851.)
Bien, Julius, (approximately 1801-1856?)
Billings, Hammatt, (1816-1899,)
Billings, J. E., (1788-1864.)
Birch, Thomas, (1848-1882.)
Boell, William. (1853-1923.)
Bonar, Thomas. (approximately 1828-)
Bornet, John. (active 1860.)
Bowen, John T., (active 1806-1831.)
Brotherhead, William. (active 1872-1873.)
Browning, A. E. (1823-1900.)
Bryant, Gridley James Fox, (1818-1887.)
Buckman, Bowen, (1797-1886.)
Burleigh, Charles Calistus, (approximately 1810-)
Burleigh, L. R., (approximately 1820-)
Butler, J. M. (1798-1882.)
Cameron, John, (1840-1900.)
Campbell, A. J., (1817-1890.)
Campbell, Robert, (1842-1922.)
Cattier, F. L. (1843-1895.)
Chillas, David. (1844-1920.)
Clarke, C., (active 1840-1860.)
Clarke, Wm. M. (active 1852-1866.)
Condit, W. J. (1819-1878.)
Cropsey, Jasper Francis, (active 1834-1872)
Currier, Charles, (-1878.)
Degen, Geo. (1812-1879.)
Dennington, Clement L. (1833-1916.)
Deroy, Laurent, (active 1829-1834.)
Devereux, George T., (1834-)
Dreser, William, (approximately 1776-1820,)
Eights, James, (1827-1895.)
Ells, Wm. (1811-1881.)
Ellsbury, George H., (1835-1869.)
Engel, W. (1813-1906.)
Evershed, Thomas, (1820-)
Fenderich, Charles. (1804-1865.)
Field, B. W. (-approximately 1890.)
Filkins, Henry. (1831-1874.)
Firks, Henry. (1856-1928.)
Fogerty, J. J. (1809 or 1810-1878.)
Fowler, O. R. (1781-1855.)
Fowler, T. M. (1837-1926.)
Frizzell, S. S. (1831-)
Furrer, R. (1832-1909.)
Glover, E. S. (1821-1910.)
Granger, Charles H., (1813-1869.)
Green, Vernon. (1859-1947.)
Hamilton, J. R., (1808-1876.)
Hamilton, James, (-1850.)
Hayward, Geo. (1800-1869.)
Hazen, J. C. (1833-1918.)
Henderson, John N. (1821-1896.)
Heppenheimer, Frederick, (1826-)
Hess, B. (1828-1910,)
Hill, Charles G. (1815-1884,)
Hill, J. W. (1830-1927.)
Hill, M. S., (1818-1885.)
Himpler, Francis G., (-1898.)
Hobson, R. H., (1827-1895.)
Hoffmann, V., (1801-1869.)
Holland, John Joseph, (-1878.)
Holloway, F. (1829-1893.)
Hubbard, Richard William. (1816-1892.)
Hunt, Richard Morris, (1799-1874,)
Jaques, A. B.
Jones, W. H.
Kellogg, Elijah Chapman,
Kelsey, C.
Kiehn, J.,
Knight, Frederick K.
Kollner, Augustus,
Kuchel, Charles Conrad,
Lane, Fitz Henry,
Lapham, J. M.
Le Moulnier, I. F.
Leuthner, Frederick,
Locher, J. H.
Magnus, Charles.
Mason, William G.
Mathews, Alfred Edward,
Matter, C.
Melville, George W.,
Michelin, Francis,
Milbourne, C.
Mills, Robert,
Moore, E. S.
Moran, Thomas,
Moray, John,
Moyer, James B.
Murrell, James H.
Myers, Elijah E.,
Neumann, Louis E.
Norris, George E.
O'Donnell, Charles.
Packard, Herbert S.
Parker, Edwd.
Parsons, Charles,
Pease, Richard H.,
Pierce, B. W.
Platen, C.
Poole, A. F.
Powers, Thomas E.,
Rease, W. H.
Robinson, Henry R.,
Rogers, Isaiah,
Rogers, W. C.
Rosenthal, L. N.
Rosenthal, Max,
Ruger, A.
Sarony, Napoleon,
Schile, H.
Schoen, August.
Schwegler, J.
Serrell, Edward W.
Silloway, Thomas W.
Simpson, J. G.
Sintzenich, Edward.
Sloan, Samuel,
Smith, B. F.
Starkweather, N. G.
Stilson, J.
Stinger, W.
Swasey, W. F.
Swinton, Frederick J.
Taylor, T.
Tholey, Charles P.,
Tidd, M. M.,
Valentine, D. T.
Walton, Henry.
Warner, C. L.
Watson, John Frampton.
Waud, William,
Weidenmann, Jacob,
Weik, John.
Weingartner, A.
Whitefield, Edwin,
Young, Ammi B.
Associated organizations
A. Hoen & Co.
A.F. Poole & Co.
A.L. Bancroft & Company.
American Bank Note Company.
American Lithographic Co.
American Oleograph Co.
American Photo-Lithographic Company.
American Publishing Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company.
August Gast & Co.
Beck & Pauli.
Bosqui Eng. & Print. Co.
D. Bremner Co.
Britton & Co.
Britton & Rey.
Brooklyn Land and Building Co.
Burleigh Litho.
C.H. Vogt & Son.
C.H. Vogt (Firm)
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Charles Shober & Co.
Chas. H. Crosby & Co.
Chicago Lithographing Co.
Clark & Kenitzer.
Collier & Cleaveland Lith. Co.
Collins & Autenrieth.
Compton & Company.
Concordia Publishing House.
Corrie's Detroit Lithographic Office.
Crawford & Parsons.
Crump Label Co.
Currier & Ives.
D.W. Kellogg & Co.
Denver Lith. Co.
Donaldson Litho. Co.
E. Herrlein's Lith.
E. Sachse & Co.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm)
Edmund Foerster & Co.
Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co.
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Ferd. Mayer & Sons.
Fisbourne's Litho C.
Fowler & Bailey.
Franklin Square Lithograph Company.
Friend & Aub.
G.T. Brown & Co. Lith.
Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Geo. Schlegel (Firm)
Gies & Co.
Gordon & Lees.
Goupil & Cie.
Goupil, Vibert & Co.
Graphic Company.
Great Divide Pub. Co.
H.H. Bailey & Co.
H.J. Toudy & Co.
H.S. Crocker & Co.
H.W. Burgett & Co.
Hall & Mooney.
Haskell & Allen.
Hastings & Parker.
Hatch & Co.
Henry Seibert & Bros.
Herline & Hensel.
Horace Thayer & Co.
Hunckel & Son.
J. Knauber & Co.
J.H. Bufford's Lith.
J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith.
J.H. Mahler Company.
Jones & Newman.
Jones & Potsdamer.
Julius Bien & Co.
Keller & Fletcher.
Klauprech & Menzel.
Kurz & Allison.
L. Prang & Co.
Langley, Langley & Burke.
Macbrair & Sons.
Mason Publishing Association.
Merchant's Lithographing Company.
Middleton, Strobridge & Co.
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co.
Milwaukee Lith. & Engr. Co.
Moore & De Pue.
Nagel & Weingärtner.
O.H. Bailey & Co.
Orcutt Litho Co.
P.S. Duval & Son.
Parsons & Atwater.
Pendleton's Lithography.
Poole & Norris.
Prang & Mayer.
Rease & Schell.
Robert Teufel & Co.
Robertson, Seibert & Shearman.
Root & Tinker.
Ruger & Stoner.
Sage, Sons & Co.
Sarony & Major.
Serrell & Perkins.
Sloan & Stewart.
Spooner Brothers.
Stayman & Brother.
Strobridge Lithographing Company.
T. Sinclair's Lith.
Tappan & Bradford.
W. Endicott & Co.
W.J. Morgan & Co.
W. Stephenson & Co.
Wagner & M'Guigan.
Walker Lith. & Pub. Co.
Wiltsie & Hess.
Woodward, Grant, & Co.
Wright & Sanders.
Yale & Evans.
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