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[Presbyterian Hospital, administration building, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Title
[Presbyterian Hospital, administration building, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1900
Date
[ca. 1900]
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Description
View of the exterior of the administration building at Thirty-ninth Street between Powelton Avenue and Filbert Street in West Philadelphia, erected in 1891 and demolished in 1959. Shows the stairs leading to the front door to the brick building. In the left, a row of seven boys, including an African American boy, stand on the sidewalk before a gate and look at the viewer. Trees line the sidewalk. The three-story building in the right is visible. Built on land donated in 1871 by church member Rev. Dr. Ephraim D. Sanders, the hospital was erected as a monument to the Philadelphia Presbyterian Alliance which was formed in 1870 following the reconciliation of the Old and New School Branches of the Presbyterian Church.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from attire of the people.
Purchase 1989.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Presbyterian Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Thirty-ninth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- between Powelton Avenue and Filbert Street.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - Hospitals [P.9260.474]
Accession number
P.9260.474
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African American History Photographs
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