Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title Germantown Academy postcards. [graphic].
Date 1900-1920
Physical Description 9 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Exterior views of Germantown Academy, built in 1760 by Jacob Knor on land purchased from John and George Bringhurst. Known as the Union School House when it opened in 1761. Instruction was in both English and German. The building was used as a hospital after the Battle of Germantown in 1777 and again in 1798 during the Yellow Fever epidemic.
Notes Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white.
Sheet numbers: 106A02, 106B03 and 106B04.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Germantown Academy.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject School House Lane (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 110.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1920.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1920.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Schools - 106]
Accession number Brightbill 106
106-a02-a