Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title House of refuge (girls), 22nd & Girard, Phila. [graphic].
Publisher Haverford, PA : Mercantile Studio, 4130 Haverford Ave
Date [ca. 1905]
Physical Description 1 photomechanical print : photolithograph ; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description Exterior view of the House of Refuge Dormitory for Colored Girls at North 22nd and Poplar Streets built circa 1898 after designs by Addison Hutton. Shows the wrought iron fence before the front facade of the three-story building that has ivy growing on it. Trees line the sidewalk in the foreground.
Notes Title from manuscript inscribed in the negative.
Manuscript inscribed in the negative: 7014.
Sheet number: 138B08.
Divided back.
Gift of George M. Brightbill, 1999.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject House of Refuge Dormitory for Colored Girls.
Asylums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orphanages -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject 22nd Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect.
Printer Mercantile Studio, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Accession number Brightbill 138