Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title Morris-Littell House postcards. [graphic].
Date 1900-1910
Physical Description 3 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Depicts exterior views of the house owned by the Morris-Littell family from 1776 until 1888. Dr. Christopher Wit (1675-1765) planted one of the first botanical gardens in America on this site. The house was torn down after the construction of Germantown High School in 1915.
Notes Sheet numbers: 27B05 and 102B12.
Undivided backs.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5933.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27] and [Germantown - Mansions - 102]
Accession number Brightbill 27 & 102
027-b05-b