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Circular of Oakland Female Institute Norristown, Pa. : J. Grier Ralston, D.D. LL.D., principal. June 1, 1877.
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Creator
Oakland Female Institute (Norristown, Pa.)
Contributor
Ralston, J. Grier (James Grier), 1816?-1880
Lehman & Bolton, engraver.
Herald Steam Printing House (Norristown, Pa.), printer.
Title
Circular of Oakland Female Institute Norristown, Pa. : J. Grier Ralston, D.D. LL.D., principal. June 1, 1877.
Publisher
Norristown, Pa.: : Herald Steam Printing House
Publisher
PA. Norristown. 1877
Date
[1877]
Physical Description
8 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Frontispiece signed: Lehman & Bolton Phila. Lithograph titled "Oakland Female Institute" depicts an exterior view of the institute and tree-covered grounds. Students stroll on the lawn and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the property. A horse-drawn buggy and a passenger train of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad passes in the foreground. The institute was established in 1845 and underwent major renovation and enlargement 1852-1855.
Title and text printed inside ornamental borders.
In printed paper wrapper.
Library Company copy wanting the back wrapper.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 157
Subject
Oakland Female Institute (Norristown, Pa.)
Women -- Education.
Young women -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Genre
School catalogues -- Pennsylvania -- Norriston.
Illustrator
Lehman & Bolton, engraver.
Printer
Herald Steam Printing House (Norristown, Pa.), printer.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1877 Oakland 50704.O .6
Accession number
50704.O.6.frontis
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