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Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. [graphic].
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Contributor
Cope & Stewardson, architect.
Wilson Brothers & Co., architect.
Title
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1915
Date
ca. 1915
Physical Description
1 negative : glass ; 10.5 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)
Description
Aerial view of the Mt. Airy campus of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (later renamed Pennsylvania School for the Deaf). Constructed circa 1890 after designs by Cope & Stewardson and Wilson Brothers & Company, the school operated at this location from 1892 until 1984, when it relocated to Germantown. The school was established by David Sexias in Center City in 1820. View includes residences and adjacent railroad tracks. Looks northeast towards Montgomery County.
Notes
Negative number: 1536.
Subject
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
Asylums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 7500.
Mount Airy (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1910-1920.
Aerial photographs -- 1910-1920.
Associated name
Cope & Stewardson, architect.
Associated name
Wilson Brothers & Co., architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.1536]
Accession number
P.8990.1536
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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