| Creator |
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Wills, Frank, 1822-1856, architect. |
| Title |
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Langenheim. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1860 |
| Date |
ca. 1860 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen in stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Exterior view showing several nuns and female students in front of the convent and boarding school, also known as Eden Hall,
built 1849-1850 after the designs of Frank Wills, at 4800 Grant Avenue in Torresdale. Several students wear white gowns, possibly
habits.
|
| Notes |
Title printed on mount. |
|
Photographer from embossed stamp. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic
studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
|
| Subject |
Eden Hall (Torresdale, Pa.) |
|
Convents -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Boarding schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Nuns -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Grant Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 4800. |
|
Torresdale (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
|
Stereographs -- 1850-1860. |
| Associated name |
Wills, Frank, 1822-1856, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Religion [1322.F.69a] |
| Accession number |
1322.F.69a |
