Details
Creator Waeschle, John, lithographer.
Title St. Vincents German Orphans Home, Tacony, Pena.[sic] [graphic] / J. Waeschle, lith no. 491 North Third St.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1877
Date ca. 1877
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, tinted ; 44 x 58 cm. (17.5x 22.5 in.)
Description Exterior view of the orphanage and grounds from the Delaware River. Shows boys, girls, and nuns lining up to enter the building. A steamboat, a scull, and a small sailboat appear on the river. Founded by the German Roman Catholic School Society of Philadelphia in 1856 in response to the large influx of German immigrants to the city. Ground for the building was broken the same year.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 237
Subject St. Vincents German Orphans Home (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Catholic Church -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orphanages -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Girls -- Education.
German Americans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Tacony (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Education [7544.F]
Accession number 7544.F