Online Content: Not Available / Form: Photographs / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1890">1890</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1894">1894</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

John B. Sharkey American Chemical Society New York Section Collection, 1873-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.0 linear feet (1 record box.)
Abstract:: A collection of correspondence, publications, and photographs pertaining to the history of the American Chemical Society New York Section from 1873 to 2016 as collected and maintained by John B. Sharkey.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Samuel Ruben Photograph Collection, circa 1890s-1960s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; 12 print photographs)
Abstract:: Black and white and color photographs of inventor Samuel Ruben, his family, and colleagues.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Welsbach Gas Light Company photograph album, 1888-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 album; 52 photographs)
Abstract:: Album containing 52 black and white photographs documenting various aspects of the production process at the Welsbach Gas Light Company site located along the Delaware River in Gloucester City, New Jersey.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

John Barnard Gest Family Papers, 1861-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.3 cubic feet
Abstract:: Three generations of the Gest family attended the University of Pennsylvania from the mid nineteenth to early twentieth centuries, and were active members of the Philadelphia legal and banking communities. The John Barnard Gest Family Papers consists of photographs of the family - mostly individual formal portraits from the 1880s through to the early 1900s, as well as a few World War I correspondence.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

William C. Bowie Scrapbooks, 1889-1929

Abstract:: Four scrapbooks containing miscellaneous newspaper clippings, correspondence. Each volume individually indexed. The materials in the scrapbooks are not arranged chronologically throughout: Vol. 1 1891-1937; Vol 2 1919-1937; Vol. 3 1916-1937, Vol. 4 1889-1939. William C. Bowie's career in scientific research in the theory of isostasy and its application to dynamics and structural geology is reflected in these scrapbooks.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Max Tishler Papers, 1893-2009 (inclusive) 1937-1989 (bulk)

Extent:: 14.0 linear feet ((7 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 oversized box))
Abstract:: Correspondence, research files, subject files, publications, books, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of American chemist, pharmaceutical industry executive, and chemistry professor Max Tishler.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Presbyterian Medical Center Ladies Aid Society Records, 1872-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 cubic feet
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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

2nd Highlanders Light Infantry photograph album of India, 1889-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This album contains 68 12 x 8 inch photographs of India and the 2nd Highland Light Infantry (74th Highlanders) in the late 19th century. About one third of the photos are of the regiment and the rest are photos of India (mostly Shimla, Calcutta, Cherat, and Lucknow).

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Starr Centre Association of Philadelphia records, 1894-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Starr Centre was a settlement house with an extensive array of programs in South Philadelphia and Germantown. Through its Medical Department and a cooperative agreement (later a merger) with the Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia, the Starr Centre provided home health care to Philadelphia's African American and immigrant communities. This collection contains the agency's administrative records documenting its long history of service, as well as photographs, artifacts, and scrapbooks.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

Männerchor records, 1868-1985

Extent:: 1.63 linear feet (4 boxes + 1 oversized folder)
Abstract:: This small collection comprises a bound volume containing a constitution and by-laws, a charter, ephemera, photographs, songbooks from festivals, and memorabilia related to the Männerchor, the first German-American singing society in the United States, founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 December 1835. The specific items include the original handwritten charter, signed by 13 members, in March 1868; a summer season concert program from 1887; a banner dedicated to the society in 1925 from its women's chorus (Damenchor); the program and menu for the 100th anniversary celebration in 1935, along with a miniature souvenir banner dedicated to the Männerchor on that occasion, by the Vereinigten Sänger von Baltimore (United Singers of Baltimore); and two photographs taken at the Männerchor's 150th anniversary celebration, in 1985, on which occasion the society was officially dissolved, according to a note on the verso of one of the photographs, signed by Herbert Schmidt, one of the...(see more)

Held at: German Society of Pennsylvania: Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library [Contact Us]

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