Details
Creator Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer.
Contributor Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Title Girard College, general view. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date [ca. 1876]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8.5 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description Rooftop view showing the main campus of the college constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Trees surround the buildings and line the walkways. 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 Hurn's Philadelphia No. 6
Notes Title and photographer from series list printed on blue paper and pasted on verso with thirty-one other titles (No. 1-31).
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Girard College.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orphans -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject College Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 1201-1211.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Hurn - Education [P.8731.4]
Accession number P.8731.4