Details
Creator Hand, Alfred, photographer.
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title Germantown Academy cor. School Lane & Greene St., built 1760. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1920
Date ca. 1920
Physical Description 1 negative: film; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3.25 in.)
Description Exterior view of Germantown Academy, built in 1760 by Jacob Knor on land purchased from John and George Bringhurst. Known as the Union School House when it opened in 1761. Instruction was in both English and German. The building was used as a hospital after the Battle of Germantown in 1777 and again in 1798 during the Yellow Fever epidemic.
Notes Inscribed in negative: 3836.
Title from negative sleeve.
Modern reference print available.
Original negative housed in freezer.
Subject Germantown Academy.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject School House Lane (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 110.
Genre Safety film negatives -- 1910-1920.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.149]
Accession number P.9259.149