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Misericordia Hospital postcards. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A97491
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor
Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911, architect.
Artvue Post Card Co., publisher.
Title
Misericordia Hospital postcards. [graphic].
Date
1920-1940
Physical Description
6 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Contains views of the Misericordia Hospital built in 1915 by Edwin Forrest Durang at the northwest corner of 53rd Street and Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia. Depicts an exterior view of the front facade of the hospital and interior views of a private room, the nursery, children's ward, women's ward and library.
Notes
Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 5 printed in black and white.
Five out of six postcards issued by Artvue Post Card Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York, NY.
Sheet numbers: 108A05, 108B05B and 108B05C.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Cedar Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5301.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1920-1930.
Photomechanical prints -- 1920-1940.
Postcards -- 1920-1940.
Associated name
Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911, architect.
Printer
Artvue Post Card Co., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]
Accession number
Brightbill 108
108-a05-b
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Brightbill Postcard Collection
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