Item Types Engraving

A type of art popular during the 18th century, it features a design cut into a metal or wood surface and then inked and printed on paper.

Old Lutheran Church in Fifth Street, Philadelphia

New Lutheran Church in Fourth Street, Philadelphia

Arch Street, with the Second Presbyterian Church, 1800

Arch Street Ferry, Philadelphia

The City and Port of Philadelphia on the River Delaware from Kensington, 1800

Apparatus for testing Model Turbine Engines used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Apparatus for testing model turbine wheels used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Leicester Knitting Mills, Charles Spencer & Co.

Charles Spencer & Co., Leicester Knitting Mills, Germantown, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Water Department Fire Hydrant

Philadelphia Water Department Fire Hydrant

Laying the Main (2004.057.0074.007)

Commencement of laying the main on the East side of the River, 1871

Showing method of sinking the pipe on the bed of the River (2004.057.0074.006)

Showing the method of sinking the pipe on the bed of the river

Ornate black-and-white title page to the 1836 sheet music for The Fairmount Quadrilles

The Fairmount Quadrilles, 1836

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, 1869, Schuylkill flood, 1869

Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Schuylkill Flood 1869