| Creator |
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer. |
| Contributor |
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. |
| Title |
"Friends" schoolhouses - East side of Fourth St. south of Chestnut Street [graphic] / Photograph by Richards. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1859 |
| Date |
April 1859 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 22 x 16 cm.(8.75 x 6.25 in.) |
| Description |
Shows the former school building of the Friends' Academy, erected in 1744, rebuilt in 1803, and razed in 1859, boarded up
for demolition on the 100 block of South 4th Street. Building adorned with signage promoting a "stationery & printing" shop.
Also shows adjacent businesses G. Krouse, gas fitter (117 S. 4th); Quaker City Bag Factory; and Moses Thomas & Sons, auctioneers
(139-141 S. 4th). Friends' Academy, established in 1689 by the Religious Society of Friends, suspended operations in 1842
and was re-established as the William Penn Charter School in 1875.
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| Notes |
Date inscribed in negative. |
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Title from manuscript note by collector on mount. |
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Manuscript note by collector on mount: On the 9th of April '59 workmen commenced demolishing the "old Quaker schools houses"
pictured above. The over-topping wall &c (gable) at termination of the picture are parts of the auction store of Moses Thomas
& Sons -near but one house to the N.E. cor. of Fourth & Harmony St. [Note the northern school - house only was removed on
the site of which are now erected 3 noble stores 4 stories high, Aug. 27th 1859. CP.
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Duplicate of 8339.F.6. |
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Originally part of a Poulson's scrapbook. |
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See Poulson's scrapbook, vol. 4, p.35. [(4)3602.Q]. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Richards, Philadelphia painter, etcher, and photographer produced some of the earliest successful paper photographic prints
in the city, including photographs commissioned by local historian Charles Poulson to document Philadelphia.
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| Subject |
Krouse, George. |
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M. Thomas & Sons Auctioneers. |
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William Penn Charter School. |
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Quaker City Bag Factory. |
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Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- south -- 100 block. |
| Genre |
Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Education [(4)3602.Q.1] |
| Accession number |
(4)3602.Q.1 |
