Details
Creator Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer.
Title Asylum for the Blind, Philadelphia. [graphic] / J.W. Hurn, 1319 Chestnut Street, Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia
Date ca. 1869
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Exterior view of the school located at the northwest corner Twentieth and Race streets. Founded in 1833, the school first occupied this building in October 1836. View includes pedestrians standing on the sidewalk and a watchman's guardhouse.
Notes Title from manuscript note on verso.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 107.
Arcadia caption text: Founded in 1833, the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind attempted to teach its pupils self-sufficiency through learning skilled trades. The school’s buildings at the northwest corner of Twentieth and Race streets provided classrooms, workshops, and living space for its blind and visually impaired students, The curriculum included elementary through high school courses of study, practical handiwork, and music. In 1869, around the time of this photograph, the school erected a store to sell the students’ wares, such as brushes, brooms, chairs, and needlework.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind.
Blind -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Educational facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Special education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Race Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2001.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Hurn - Education [P.9145.5]
Accession number P.9145.5