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Tel-Aviv Inc. Hotel and Convalescent Home for the Elderly and Retired, 145 West School House Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor
Kropp, E.C., publisher.
Magaziner & Potter, architect.
Title
Tel-Aviv Inc. Hotel and Convalescent Home for the Elderly and Retired, 145 West School House Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher
Milwaukee, WI: E.C. Kropp
Date
ca. 1948
Physical Description
1 photomechanical print (postcard): photolithograph, color; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Collage of views depicting the hotel and convalescent home at 145 West School House Lane, built as the Louis Adler residence in 1915 after designs by Magaziner & Potter. Depicts an exterior view of the front facade, the garden and lawn, a semi-private room, a sitting room and a patient receiving oxygen.
Notes
Numbered 3753 on verso.
Also identified as the Cedars of Tel Aviv nursing home, started by Rabbi Hiatt. One of the first institutions in the city to offer kosher food to residents.
Sheet number: 138A07.
Divided back. Description of home on verso.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Asylums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Nursing homes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
School House Lane (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 145.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1940-1950.
Postcards -- 1940-1950.
Associated name
Magaziner & Potter, architect.
Printer
Kropp, E.C., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Accession number
Brightbill 138
138-a07-c
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