Details
Creator M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title [Founder's Hall, Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia 1858
Date October 1858
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen; 26 x 34 cm.(10.25 x 13.5 in.)
Description View looking southwest showing the hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building left of the hall and several trees in the foreground. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans."
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Date from manuscript note on verso.
McClees 1858-13.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Subject Girard College -- Buildings.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orphans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject College Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 1201-1211.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.122]
Accession number (6)1322.F.122