Details
Creator Newell, Robert, 1822-1897.
Contributor Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Title Girard College. Front view. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Robert Newell
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8.5 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description Partial exterior view of the front facade of Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Also shows a group of women standing in the doorway of the building. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans."
Is part of Unidentified series No. 146
Notes Title from manuscript note on verso.
Attributed to Robert Newell.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
For duplicate view see stereo - Newell - Education [P.8643.1]
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Girard College.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orphans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject College Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 1201-1211.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Education [P.2010.6.15]
Accession number P.2010.6.15