Browse Items (11136 total)

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Description: Copy of property deed matted in white and framed in wood painted black with gold trim.
Item type: Carpenters' Company Property Deed (photographic print)

Date: unknown

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Description: Copper plate with two engravings. These engravings are Plate XXVIII of The Carpenters' Co. 1786 Rule Book. They are labelled as "Fig. 1" and "Fig. 2." Fig. 1 railing is composed of diagonal lines crossing within a rectangle. Fig. 2 railing is…
Item type: engraved copper plate

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Description: Engraved Copper Plate. One design is of a fireplace; the other is a detail. Both designs are reproduced as plate XXVII of the Carpenters' Co. Rule Book of 1786. They are listed as "Georgian-style Chimneypiece in wood."
Item type: engraved copper plate

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Description: Copper Plate. The two designs on the shiny side are printed as plate XX in the Carpenters' Co. Rule Book of 1786. They are described as "Dog-leg'd or Plain Open Newel Stairs." The very detailed designs on the dull side are not found in the Rule Book.
Item type: engraved copper plate

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Description: Copper plate attached to wooden block--copper stops abruptly below Betts' name and wood is exposed.
Item type: wooden block with copper plate used for printing

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Description: 1 of 5 copper plates copper worn down at top of page.
Item type: copper plate

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Description: copper plate-see "markings"
Item type: copper plate

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Description: Copper and Wood Printng Block. Photographic image portrays interior east view of Carpenters' Hall, with doorway, pillar and chairs. The copper plate is scratched and worn.
Item type: copper plate

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Description: Copper plate with photographic image of men in uniform standing behind three men in suits- one facing the viewer's right, one wearing a Carpenters' Co. badge and one holding a shovel scratches are visible on the plate itself. The image was…
Item type: copper plate

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Description: Copper plate is attached to wood block with six small nails. the plate itself is scratched and has pinkish tone when lighted. shreds of paper are stuck to the back of the wooden block.
Item type: copper plate

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Description: Copper Plate. The shiny side of the plate has designs which are seen as plates XV and XVI of The Carpenters' Co. Rule Book of 1786. They are described as "Trussed Partitions" and "Paneled Door Details." The six designs on the duller side are seen as…
Item type: engraved copper plate

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Description: Thin copper plate. All six designs are shown as plate IX in the Carpenters' Company Rule Book of 1786. They are described as "doorjambs."
Item type: Engraved copper plate.

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Description: Engraved copper plate. All six designs on the copper plate are same size and shape externally. Within the semi-circular frame, the designs vary from very simple to very ornate. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are depicted as plate XIII in the Carpenters' Company…
Item type: engraved copper plate

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Description: Copper Plate. Three designs are reproduced as plate XVIii in the Carpenters' Co. Rule Book of 1786, listed as "Extra Heavy Paneled Doors." Dark discoloring on the back. Fragments of 5 other designs are inscribed on the back. They are similar to those…
Item type: engraved copper plate

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Description: Copper plate engraved with images of Plate #XI in Carpenters’ Company 1786 Rule Book, “Window Shutters.” Two images on the one copper plate. back of plate appears to have ink residue.
Item type: copper plate

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Description: Copper Plate. On the top half of the plate, there are three groups of two "pales," eachof the six a different style. The groups are labelled, "Fig. 1," "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 3." The gate is labelled as such. The engraver has made it appear that both its…
Item type: Engraved copper plate

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Description: Copper printing plate attached to a wooden block. Visible on the plate are seven men in uniform and a man in a suit also seen in CCCCP-179 and CCCCP-181. 2 of 4 plates.
Item type: copper plate

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Description: Printing plate and accompanying wooden block. Bottom of wooden block attached to the copper plate is two-toned. 1 of 4.
Item type: copper plate

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Description: Copper plate with attached Wooden Block. Upper portion of plate is broken off at angles in both top corners. Plate has raised letters.
Item type: copper plate

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Description: Copper plate depicts bespectacled man wearing Carpenters' Co. Badge accepting or presenting a certificate from or to the man seen in CCCCP-179 and CCCCP-180. Plate has many small scratches on its left side.
Item type: copper plate

Description: Samuel Copeland was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1831. He served the Company as Warden and Secretary as well as on the Book Prices and Managing Committees. Copeland was listed in the Philadelphia Directory at…
Member number: 302*
Date elected: 1/1/1831

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Description: adze with wooden handle. iron head- very rusty. wrought steel with original wooden handle. cutting radius 3 5/8"
Item type: adze

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Description: Cooper's Bung. Tip is broken off. Hand-forged.
Date: first half of 19th C.
Item type: cooper's bung

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Description: cooper's borer; tool. tapers to spiral and then to a point at the tip. early, hand-forged
Date: c. 1800-1850
Item type: cooper's bunghole borer

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Description: Cooper's borer; tool. Steel borer with wooden handle.
Date: early 20th C.
Item type: Cooper's bunghole borer

Member number: 400
Date elected: 7/16/1866

Description: John Cooper was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1785. John Cooper was proposed for the Carpenters’ Company by John King. It is certain that a carpenter named John Cooper lived at 133 Pine street from 1791 until his death in the…
Member number: 122*
Date elected: 1/7/1785

Description: James Cooper was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1803 after being proposed by Robert Morrell. In 1805, he resided in Pearsons Court. The Directory for 1810 locates Cooper at 192 St. John st. and in 1814 at 147 St. John st. He died in 1816. His…
Member number: 223*
Date elected: 1/1/1803
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