Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer.
Title "Friends" schoolhouses - East side of Fourth St. south of Chestnut Street [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date April 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted 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 and 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.
Notes Date inscribed in negative.
Title and name of photographer from duplicate.
Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 39 1/2. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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Duplicate of (4)3602.F.1.
Subject Krouse, George.
M. Thomas & Sons Auctioneers.
William Penn Charter School.
Quaker City Bag Factory.
Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- south -- 100 block.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Education [(5)2526.F.39 1/2 / 8339.F.6]
Accession number (5)2526.F.39 1/2 / 8339.F.6