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[Interior of House of Industry with women at work, 114 North 7th Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
[Interior of House of Industry with women at work, 114 North 7th Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1888
Date
January 24, 1888
Physical Description
1 photograph : glass negative ; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing a view of an interior at the House of Industry densely packed with women. The women sit on chaiars working on sewing projects and making handicrafts. Shuttered windows line the left and back walls. Two large skylights in the ceiling provide the main source of light in the room. The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, founded in 1795, operated the House of Industry, which offered a nursery and employed women to make handicrafts. The charity moved to Catharine Street in 1916.
Notes
Title from entry in photographer's diary.
Inscribed in negative: No. 2 of this.
Same as last.
Time: 3
Light: Good sun outside.
Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 49.
Arcadia caption text: The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, one of the first charities in Pennsylvania established by women, was founded in 1795 under the leadership of Ann Parrish. The Quaker group provided food, clothing, and fuel to widows and children of men who had perished in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The society later established a “House of Industry” with a nursery, where women were employed to make handicrafts. The House of Industry depicted here in 1870 was located at 112 North Seventh Street. In 1916 the charity moved to 716 Catharine Street and was later known as the Catharine Street House of Industry.
Digitization and cataloging edits have been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor -- Buildings.
Charitable organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Handicraft -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Needlework -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sewing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Seventh Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 112.
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1253]
Accession number
P.9895.1253
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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