Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
Contributor |
Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901, architect. |
Title |
Jefferson Medical College So. Tenth Street. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1855 |
Date |
ca. 1855 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen, trimmed and mounted ; 23 x 18 cm. (9 x 7 in.) |
Description |
Exterior view of Ely Building, constructed in 1829. Image shows Tenth Street facade after the 1845 alterations, designed by
architect Napoleon Le Brun, in which a six-columned portico, entablature, pediment, and marble base were added. Building was
demolished sometime between 1898 and 1907. Image includes shop of H. Hochstrasser, bell hanger and architectural carver.
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Notes |
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-Century Photography in Philadelphia: 250 Historic Prints from The Library Company
of Philadelphia, (New York: Dover, 1980), plate 98.
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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. 105.
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Arcadia caption text: Incorporated in 1826, against the wishes of many in the medical community who feared it would create
harmful competition with the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school, Jefferson Medical College contributed to Philadelphia’s
importance as the nation’s leading medical center during the mid-19th century. At its building on Tenth Street near Sansom
Street, shown here c. 1855, faculty including Samuel D. Gross and Thomas D. Mütter gave instruction in topics such as surgery,
materia medica, and obstetrics and diseases of women and children. The college, known today as Thomas Jefferson University,
was the second in the country to open its own teaching hospital to foster student interaction with patients.
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Subject |
Jefferson Medical College. |
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Medical colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Tenth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 126. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
Associated name |
Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - McClees - Education [8339.F.26] |
Accession number |
8339.F.26 |