Details
Creator Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Title University of Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : By Purviance, publisher of the scenery of the Adirondacks, Watkins Glen, Erie Railway, Onoko Glen, Ithica Gorge, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park, Mauch Chunk, &c
Date [ca. 1872]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in.)
Description View of the university building constructed 1871-1872 after the designs of Thomas Webb Richards on the university campus in West Philadelphia. Also shows scaffolding surrounding adjacent buildings being constructed on the campus. University of Pennsylvania, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1751, relocated to West Philadelphia in 1875.
Is part of Gems of American Scenery.
Notes Title on negative.
Publisher's imprint printed on mount.
Yellow curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Francis James Dallet.
Subject University of Pennsylvania -- Buildings.
Universities & colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Woodland Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3450.
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Richards, T. W. (Thomas Webb), 1836-1911, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Purviance - Education [P.9233.2]
Accession number P.9233.2