Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

New Online Exhibition

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Introduction Philadelphia can claim many “firsts.” The birth of American lithography is one first that is not well known. Following years of experimentation by others, Philadelphia artist Bass Otis produced the first American lithograph…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Juneteenth

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Please join us on Monday, June 21st at 6:00pm for our Juneteenth celebration. This year’s panel discussion will focus on the past eight years of controversy surrounding the discovery of the slave quarters and the nine slaves who served President…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Seeing Shylock: Images of Pawnbroking in Three Centuries

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Thursday, April 22, 2010, 6:00 p.m. Wendy A. Woloson, independent scholar and consulting historian, will discuss her new book, In Hock: Pawning in America from Independence through the Great Depression. This illustrated talk traces…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Philadelphia on Stone: The First Fifty Years of Commercial Lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878

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Philadelphia on Stone: The First Fifty Years of Commercial Lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878, explores the history of 19th-century Philadelphia lithography and its impact on contemporary visual culture. Philadelphia on Stone explicates…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America

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Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America By Ann Norton Greene, University of Pennsylvania Tuesday, March 2, 6:00p.m. The Library Company of Philadelphia This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to lpropst@librarycompany.org…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Library Company Conservator Alice Austin in New Yorker Blog

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Click here to view the blog. The Library Company of Philadelphia 1314 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 TEL 215-546-3181 FAX 215-546-5167 http://www.librarycompany.org
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

New Online Digital Catalog

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Please Note: In 2017, we moved to a new digital repository. We have recently upgraded ImPAC, our digital collections catalog, to DigiTool, a Digital Asset Management System that replaces ENCompass, our former platform. The new ImPAC provides…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Slavery’s Constitution

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Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification Wednesday, October 14, 6:00 p.m.   David Waldstreicher, Professor of History at Temple University and author of Runaway America and In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes;…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Exhibition Opening and Daguerreotype Lecture by Keith Davis

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  Exhibition Opening: Catching a Shadow Thursday, October 1, 2009 Reception at 5:30 p.m., program at 6:00 Keith F. Davis, Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in Kansas City, and author of numerous books…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Summer project increases access to early 20th-century photograph collection

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With support from the Samuel S. Fels Fund the Library Company is pleased to make a wonderful collection of photographs available for public research and use. The collection consists of more than 200 portraits taken ca. 1910-1940 by local…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Jane Johnson Marker Dedication

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Jane Marker Dedication Philadelphia: July 7, 2009 – On July 18, 1855, one hundred fifty-four years ago, Jane Johnson, an enslaved woman from North Carolina, found herself in Philadelphia on free soil for the first time. She seized the…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Peter Mancall on the Daily Show

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Peter Mancall on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart The Library Company of Philadelphia 1314 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 TEL 215-546-3181 FAX 215-546-5167 http://www.librarycompany.org
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Peter Mancall on the Daily Show

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Peter Mancall will be a guest tonight on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He will discuss his new book: “Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson: A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic ”. Peter is a former fellow and will…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Annual Meeting Re-Cap

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Over one hundred people attended the Library Company’s Annual Meeting on May 12, 2009. This year’s meeting featured Kenneth Finkel, Distinguished Lecturer in Temple University’s American Studies Program, who spoke about the Library Company’s…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Juneteenth Freedom Forum

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Friday, June 19, 2009 Reception at 5:30 p.m., program at 6:00. Join us at the Library Company on Friday, June 19th for our Juneteenth Freedom Forum, featuring three area scholars discussing the African American struggle for freedom in…
Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

New Exhibition

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On May 4 the Library Company unveiled its new exhibition, Mirror of a City: Views of Philadelphia Recently Acquired from the Jay T. Snider Collection. Mr. Snider, a former Library Company Trustee and avid collector of historical items, sold…