Photograph New High School Builiding, Girard College
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"The following 8 pictures are from a group of negatives purchased by James N. Stone from a professional photographer with the intention of cleaning and using the plates again. These were preserved because they were for the most part celebrities but I do not now know who they are. JSS"
American Imprints Broadside 184-? Phren
Phrenology head. Hollow plaster, incised PHRENOLOGY on the front, with areas of the head delineated and numbered . A partially missing label on the back lists the numbered areas and psychological attributes. Phrenology is based on the belief that certain delineated areas of the brain are responsible for different functions, and that an individual’s personality and character can be ascertained by studying the corresponding bumps and indentations on the person’s skull. The theory was developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gallin in the 1790s, and further advanced by his assistant Johann Gaspar Spurzheim. Phrenology faced skepticism from the scientific community, but enjoyed immense popularity with the American public throughout the 19th century. Today, phrenology is regarded as a pseudoscience.
Glazed ceramic phrenology head. Areas of the skull are delineated and labeled in black lettering, each area indicating a particular psychological trait. Front base reads: Fowler's IMPROVED PHRENOLOGICAL HEAD. Two base sides read: AFFECTIVE PROPENSITIES and INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES. Underside of base reads: ACME CEREBAL [illegible]. Phrenology is based on the belief that certain delineated areas of the brain are responsible for different functions, and that an individual’s personality and character can be ascertained by studying the corresponding bumps and indentations on the person’s skull. The theory was developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gallin in the 1790s, and further advanced by his assistant Johann Gaspar Spurzheim. Phrenology faced skepticism from the scientific community, but enjoyed immense popularity with the American public throughout the 19th century. Today, phrenology is regarded as a pseudoscience.
Physical Sketch Map of the Land of Israel
Physicians Hall, University of Pennsylvania
Pierre de Poletica (1778-1849) was counsellor to the Russian mission in Philadelphia, 1810-1812. From 1819 to 1821 he again served in the United States, this time as the Russian charge d'affaires in Washington, DC. He was an acute observer of America's political and social life and wrote A Sketch of the Internal Condition of the United States of America, and of their Political Relations with Europe (Baltimore, 1826).
Pilgrim statue, presented to the City of Philadephia 1905
Pilgrim Writing Tablet (illustrated cover)
Pink decorative floral design on gold background (possibly a book cover design)
Pioneer Quarterly, Pioneer Suspender Co.
Plated Wedding Climax (illustrated tablet cover)
Playing card design with faces of horned people and creatures
Playing card design with floral motif and white flowers
Playing card design with floral motif on red and blue
Playing card design with various creatures
Ponies on the beach near Steeplechase Pier
Postcard to Mrs. J (Tessmer) from Margaret
Glazed white porcelain bowl with overglaze polychrome decoration. Rim painted black with polychrome flowers (including roses, tulips, daisies, pansies, etc.) and gilt stylized leaves. Double rimmed base with narrow gilt band around outer base. Family tradition believes that this bowl was owned by Joseph Bonaparte. (Matching dinnerware is 1983.06.01-19.)
Old Paris porcelain chocolate set, white with gold drapery decoration, France, c. 1830, consisting of one 9" plate; five 2 3/4" straight-side cups; five 2 1/4" round-sided cups; four 4 3/4" saucers; three 5" saucers. According to family tradition, this set was a gift from Joseph Bonaparte, former King of Spain, elder brother of Napoleon I.
Several pieces of this white porcelain dinner service with overglaze of polychrome decoration have survived with a tradition that they were acquired at the "Point Breeze" sale. They are of the correct period and of a handsome and serviceable type that might have been regularly used in such a house. (Matching bowl is 1979.15.01.)
These elegant fruit baskets are examples of French porcelain imported into the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century. The baskets, decorated with bands of green glaze and gilt, have caryatid supports of bisque porcelain. These kneeling winged winged figures are attached to the base and baskets by bolts inserted through a hole in the body of the piece and secured with screws. This technological innovation in ceramics manufacture, based on the technique used by French silversmith Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763-1850), permitted more efficient assembly and greater flexibility of design.
Porch Entrance, Residence of Alice Barber Stephens
Glazed ceramic portrait bust of Napoleon. Numbered on back: 2818. Made in GDR.
After the original by Jean-Auguste Barre, 1840
Portrait bust of Napoleon as First Consul
After the original by Louis-Simon Boizot
Framed circular Parian portrait medallion of Napoleon III. Inscribed at bottom: J PEYRE NIEUWERKERKE DIR
Portrait of a woman with flowers cascading from her hair
Portrait of a young girl holding a small bowl of food
Portrait of Napoleon shown in a 3/4 view. Below is an eagle brandishing a sword in its claw and labeled France underneath.
Portrait of woman with ancient Egyptian-style accessories
Postage paid stamps attached to a spiral bound notebook page