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Mary J. Drexel Home postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor
The Rotograph Co., publisher.
Title
Mary J. Drexel Home postcards. [graphic].
Date
1900-1910
Physical Description
15 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph, color 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Exterior views of the front facade and entrance to the Mary J. Drexel Home at South College and Corinthian Avenues. Built in 1888 on the campus of Lankenau Hospital to house the deaconesses' home, children's hospital, home for the elderly and school for girls.
Notes
About half (7 out of 15) postcards issued by The Rotograph Co., New York.
Sheet numbers: 138A02, 138A03, 138B03, 138B04 and 138B05.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Asylums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
College Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 2100.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Printer
The Rotograph Co., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Accession number
Brightbill 138
138-a02-b
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