Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title [Central High School for Boys, South Juniper Street facing Penn Square below Market Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1854
Date [photographed ca. 1853, printed January 1854]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper; 18 x 20 cm.(7 x 7.75 in.)
Description View showing the first building of the Old Central High School for Boys, the first public high school in the city, built 1837-1838 on the Juniper Street between Market and Chestnut streets. Building contained an astronomical observatory tower. Razed in 1853.
Notes Attributed to F. De B. Richards.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
High schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boys -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Juniper Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 000 block.
Genre Salted paper prints -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Education [(6)1322.F.115c]
Accession number (6)1322.F.115c