Creator |
Aero Service Corporation, photographer. |
Contributor |
Catharine, Irwin Thornton, 1884-1944, architect. |
Title |
Simon Gratz School. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1927 |
Date |
ca. 1927 |
Physical Description |
2 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.) |
Description |
Aerial views of Simon Gratz High School and Elizabeth D. Gillespie Junior High School, located at 18th Street and Hunting
Park Avenue in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia. Depicts the Academic Gothic style buildings designed by Irwin T. Catharine
and built concurrently from 1925 to 1927. Gratz was named in honor of Philadelphia lawyer, educator, and philanthropist Simon
Gratz. Views include nearby rowhomes, churches, and industrial facilities such as John Warner Hardwoods & Building Lumber,
Beck & Co. Coal Pockets, and John J. Felin & Co.
|
Notes |
Negative numbers: 7271, 7272. |
Subject |
Simon Gratz High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings. |
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Elizabeth D. Gillespie Junior High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings. |
|
Public schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Industrial facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Nicetown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Eighteenth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 3901-3961. |
Genre |
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930. |
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Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930. |
Associated name |
Catharine, Irwin Thornton, 1884-1944, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.7271-7272] |
Accession number |
P.8990.7271 |
|
P.8990.7272 |