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Views of the House of Refuge, Philadelphia. [graphic] / P.E. Chillman, artistic photographer, 914 Arch St. Philadelphia.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A100114
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Creator
Chillman, P. E. (Philip Edward), 1841-1915.
Contributor
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Title
Views of the House of Refuge, Philadelphia. [graphic] / P.E. Chillman, artistic photographer, 914 Arch St. Philadelphia.
Publisher
Philadelphia : P.E. Chillman
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
7 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in.)
Description
Views show the House of Refuge site that opened in 1850 between Parrish and Brown Streets between Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth Streets. Exterior views depict the front lawn of the White Boys Department, designed by John McArthur, Jr., facing west and south, showing men and women standing, sitting, and lying on the landscaped lawn near the ivy-covered building. Views includes dogs, flower beds and planters. Another view shows boys in uniform belonging to the drum and flute corps of the brass band standing on the entrance stairs to the five-bay, ivy-covered White Boys Department. Men and boys are visible in the windows on the first floor. Interior views of the White Boys Department depict rows of single beds in the dormitory, the stark wide hallway of the "B" division, the kitchen, and the dining room with long rows of tables covered with place settings in preparation for a meal.
Notes
Photographer's imprint on versos in decorative font. Includes vignette of painting palette with brushes extending through the hole.
Descriptions of images written in manuscript notes on versos.
Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Juvenile detention homes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Correctional institutions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lawns -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bands -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dormitories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Kitchens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dining rooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dogs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Brown Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2200 to 2400 block.
Parrish Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2200 to 2400 block.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1880-1890.
Stereographs -- 1880-1890.
Associated name
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Chillman - Prisons [P.9523.1-7]
Accession number
P.9523.1
P.9523.2
P.9523.3
P.9523.4
P.9523.5
P.9523.6
P.9523.7
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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