Aerial views of the Church Farm School in Exton, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Depicts original school and residential buildings, mainly designed 1918 by Milton B. Medary, Jr. of the firm Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, as well as surrounding barns and farmlands. Founded 1918 by Rev. Charles W. Shreiner as a boarding school for boys, with the goal of combining religious education with agricultural and industrial work., Negative numbers: 4774, 4776-4778, 4781, 4783.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1924
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4774; P.8990.4776-4778; P.8990.4781; P.8990.4783]
Aerial views of the campus and environs of the Westtown School, located in Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Views depict campus buildings, including the Main Building designed by Addison Hutton and completed in 1888, from various altitudes and directions. The boarding school was established in 1794 by the Society of Friends and opened in 1799. Images probably taken 1921 [1354, 1384, 1448] and 1922 [1526, 1528, 1605, 1606]., Negative numbers: 1354, 1384, 1448, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1605, 1606., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1921-1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1354; P.8990.1384; P.8990.1448; P.8990.1526; P.8990.1527; P.8990.1528; P.8990.1605; P.8990.1606]
Aerial view of the Ogontz School located in Rydal, Abington Township. Depicts a three-story L-shaped building surrounded by trees and open fields. Originally founded in 1850 as the Chestnut Street Female Seminary (in Philadelphia), the school moved to Elkins Park in 1883 and changed its name to the Ogontz School for Young Ladies. In 1917 it relocated to Rydal and became known as the Ogontz School until it closed in 1950 and gave the property to Pennsylvania State College., Negative number: 1351.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1917
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1351]
Aerial views showing the Lawrenceville School's campus, particularly the golf course and nearby buildings. The school was founded in 1810 as Maidenhead Academy, and after several other names was refounded as the Lawrenceville School in 1883. Also in the 1880s the school expanded and erected new residential and academic buildings after designs by the firm Peabody & Stearns, with landscaping done by Frederick Law Olmsted., Negative numbers: 1219, 1244.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1219; P.8990.1244]
Aerial view of St. Luke's School for boys in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Depicts Colonial-style buildings and dormitories and tennis courts surrounded by woodland. Established in 1863 as the Ury House School, it relocated to Wayne in 1902., Negative number: 1440.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1440]
Aerial view of Westtown Lake, to the northwest of the campus of the Westtown School, located in Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Shows lake house. The boarding school was established in 1794 by the Society of Friends and opened in 1799., Negative number: 1447., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1921
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1447]
Aerial views showing the Lawrenceville School's campus, including Fathers' Building, Memorial Hall, the landscaped "Circle" around which dormitories stand, and tennis courts. The school was founded in 1810 as Maidenhead Academy, and after several other names was refounded as the Lawrenceville School in 1883. Also in the 1880s the school expanded and erected new residential and academic buildings after designs by the firm Peabody & Stearns, with landscaping done by Frederick Law Olmsted., Negative numbers: 6010, 6011, 6012, 6013, 6014., 6013 not digitized; similar view to 6010
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6010-6014]
Aerial views of the campus and environs of George School, established 1893 in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Views depict campus buildings, including the Main Building constructed 1892 after designs by Addison Hutton., Negative numbers: 2739, 2740, 2741., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2739; P.8990.2740; P.8990.2741]
Aerial view of the campus and environs of George School, established 1893 in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. View depicts campus buildings, including the Main Building constructed 1892 after designs by Addison Hutton., Negative number: 5845.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
May 6, 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5845]
