Metal pin-back badge with arrow and the initial U.B. in center. Wreath around perimeter Pinned to paper which reads: "Badge of the United Bowmen of Philadelphia, founded 1828, Belonged to Franklin Peale, one of the founders and given by his daughter Anna Peale to Harriet, wife of his nephew Charles Peale (son of Rubins [sic]) who presented it to his grandnephew Horace Wells Sellers."

View of Fairmount Waterworks from the west bank of the Schuylkill River. The Works extend from the center middle ground to the right, and include a three-story Federal-style brick building with four chimneys, and the long neoclassical Mill House decorated with sculpture. A hill with steps rises in the right background, leading to a gazebo. Lemon Hill Mansion is visible in the left background, above the riverbank and behind the dam. On the river, below the dam, are three boats with passengers. A portion of the west riverbank is visible in the lower left corner. Signed "From Nature by Wild" in the lower left corner.

Obverse: bas-relief of Independence Hall; "PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE LAND AND UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE THEREOF" around perimeter and "INDEPENDENCE HALL / JULY 4 1776 / PATD FEBRY 10, 1874" under image. Reverse: bas-relief of Memorial Hall; "MEMORIAL HALL" at top and "TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL / ANNIVERSARY OF THE / UNITED STATES / PHILA JULY 4 / 1876" at bottom.

Blue and white ironstone plate with central image of Library Company building and border of medallions of roses. Stamp on underside reads, "BEAUTIES OF AMERICA / LIBRARY PHILADELPHIA / J. & W. RIDGWAY."

Iron bell fragment. Surface is pockmarked and scratched.

View of the eastern side of the Fairmount Waterworks from the floodgates, or race bridge. The Works extend from the central background to the right middleground of the gouache. The Works include a three-story, Federal-style, brick building with four chimneys, and a long Neoclassical-style Mill House, ornamented with allegorical sculpture. A steep, rocky hill rises in the right background. Stairs ascend the hill, leading to a gazebo, topped with a statue of Mercury. In the background, between the hill and the brick building, are additional buildings and a fountain. A large pool with two swans is in the left middleground. In the foreground, two couples stroll along a promenade, and two additional couples walk in front of the Waterworks to the right. Signed "From Nature by Wild" in the lower left corner.

View of a river in an urban, industrial setting. In the foreground, two men fish from a pier. A horse pulling an unseen cart stands on another pier behind the first one. To the left, on the river, are a sailboat and rowboat with four passengers. Several factory buildings are depicted along the riverbank in the left background. Two buildings have smokestacks billowing smoke. A hill rises behind the buildings and a mansion is visible in the center background, also on a tree-covered hill. A bridge spans the river below it. Signed with the initial "A" in the lower right corner, and dated "1846" in the lower left corner.

View of the Permanent Bridge at Market Street in an urban setting. The bridge runs diagonally from the center background to the right foreground of the watercolor. In the immediate foreground are a cow and three goats. A cart pulled by four horses emerges from the bridge entrance to the right. A tugboat pulling three barges and a rowboat are visible on the Schuylkill River to the left. On the far bank, in the background, are three industrial buildings including the City Gas Works. Two of the buildings have chimneys with billowing smoke. Signed "A. Kollner, fec" in the bottom right corner. Handwritten on iron gall ink on the back bottom right corner is, "High or Market Street Bridge also City Gas Works, Phila. In 1848 A. Kollner, Paint."

Life-sized, undraped bust of a male with no base. The head is turned slightly to the left. The hair is curled, ending just below the ears. Cast in back of shoulders: "Biddle." Brass tag on front: "NICHOLAS BIDDLE/ 1786-1844." Attributed to E. Luigi Persico.

Panoramic engraving showing waterworks buildings, dam and locks, and riverbanks. There is a steamboat on the river, with a cabin and awning on its upper deck and two paddle wheels at the stern. "Drawn by T. Birch" on bottom left. "Engraved by R. Campbell" on bottom right.

Depicts groups of people around Pennsylvania State House: ladies and gentlemen at left and right, Native Americans at center, and children playing under tree. At rear is Philosophical Hall with sign reading "Museum." Bottom left: "designed and published by W. Birch enamel painter 1800."

Colored view of Independence Hall. In the foreground are groups of individuals walking, men on horseback, and a horse and carriage. At bottom: "Engd. By John C. McRae/Independence Hall, Phila, PA."

Water works and environs as seen from the west. Depicts the floodgates (known as the Race Bridge). Visitors sitting on river bank, strolling across bridge and walking on hill, man steering a boat underneath the bridge. Under image, left: "Drawn by C. Burton." Right: "Engraved at J. Andrews's." At bottom: "THE RACE BRIDGE FAIR MOUNT WATER WORKS, PHILADELPHIA."

View of a rural landscape. Spindly tree in foreground at left. Two men stand in center foreground. In background are dog and horse in rolling landscape, spotted with trees. Two buildings sit in background at right. Inscribed "1841" on lower left and "A.K." on lower right.

Well-dressed visitors walk on fenced path up the side of Fairmount. At background is the south garden with fountain, and the Schuylkill Bridge. Across the river is Harding Hotel, a popular resort.

View of the Water Works from across the river. At foreground are visitors strolling and looking across the water. At background, view of eight arched openings at river level in the mill house. Below image: "Painted by T. Doughty. Engraved Printed & Coloured by I. Hill/Fair Mount Water Works./ Dedicated to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia."

This oil-on-canvas was executed by Swiss landscape painter George Lehman (d. 1870) c. 1829. This view was taken from the western bank of the Schuylkill River, just south of the Fairmount Water Works. In the foreground are two men in a keelboat (a shallow-draft riverboat that is usually rowed, poled, or towed and commonly used for freight) loaded with cargo; in the left midground is a male figure, fishing and seated, on the shore; in the background are structures including a dam and several neoclassical buildings (formally known as the Fairmount Water Works). These structures include (left to right): a dam completed in 1821; the mill house / eight arched openings which return water to the river; a building (with tall chimneys, above a willow tree) constructed to house the original steam engines for the pumping system; and a promenade extending along the eastern bank, above which sat the original reservoir for the city’s pumping system.

Obverse: bas-relief of Memorial Hall; "1776 MEMORIAL HALL 1876 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION" around perimeter. Reverse: "THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE" around perimeter and "4TH OF JULY 1876 / EXHIBITION OPEN / FROM / MAY 18 TO NOV. 10 1876 / FAIRMOUNT PARK / PHILADELPHIA / U.S. AMERICA" at center.

Obverse: classical female figure awarding laurel/olive wreath. Four vignettes of classically-styled female figures at corners. Reverse: laurel/olive wreath encircles "AWARDED BY / UNITED STATES / CENTENNIAL / COMMISSION" and "INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION PHILADELPHIA, MDCCCLXXVI." around perimeter.

Obverse: bas-relief of Independence Hall; "PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE LAND AND UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE THEREOF" at top perimeter; "Independence Hall July 4 1776 Pat. Feb 10 1874" at bottom. Reverse: bas-relief of Memorial Hall; "MEMORIAL HALL" at top; "TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 4 1876" at bottom.