Contains images of the dormitories built 1894-1911 after designs by Cope & Stewardson. Includes exterior views of the entrance and views from inside and outside the quadrangle., Contains 13 postcards printed in color and 9 printed in black and white., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [University of Pennsylvania - Dormitories - 163]
Aerial view of the University of Pennsylvania, particularly the Quadrangle dormitories and surrounding area., Negative number: 1587., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
March 27, 1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1587]
Aerial view of the University of Pennsylvania looking east across the Schuylkill River toward Center City. Includes views of the Quadrangle dormitories, Franklin Field, and the University Museum. Industrial activity along the Schuylkill River can be seen., Negative number: 2896., 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.8990.2896]
Aerial view of the University of Pennsylvania looking east across the Schuylkill River toward Center City. Includes views of the Quadrangle dormitories, Franklin Field, and the University Museum. Industrial activity along the Schuylkill River can be seen., Negative number: 4308., 4308 not digitized; negative is damaged and cannot be scanned.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4308]
Aerial view of the University of Pennsylvania looking east across the Schuylkill River toward Center City. Includes views of the Quadrangle dormitories, Franklin Field, and the University Museum. Industrial activity along the Schuylkill River can be seen., Negative number: 6359n.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6359n]
View through arch of University of Pennsylvania dormitories known as The Quad, or Quadrangle Dormitories. Arch is adorned with ivy, columns, and various decorative architectural elements. In the distance, Provost's Tower is visible. Architectural firm Cope and Stewardson designed the Quad, which was built from 1894 - 1911. It is located between S. 36th St., S. 38th St., Spruce St., and Woodland Ave. That part of Woodland Ave. is now called Hamilton Walk., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: U. of P. Arch and Gate Tower. Dormatory Bldgs. 37" and Woodland. Elizabethian., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 177 [P.8513.177], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson177.htm
Depicts steps leading up to colonnade of Quadrangle dormitory building between Woodland Ave. (today's Hamilton Walk), Spruce St., 36th St., and 38th St. on the University of Pennsylvania campus. The Quadrangle was built between 1894-1911 and designed by architects Cope and Stewardson., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: U. P. West end of Dormatories [sic]. 37" and Woodland., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 131 [P.8513.131], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson131.htm
Aerial views of the University of Pennsylvania campus and area around Spruce Street from 33rd to 38th Streets. Includes views of the Quadrangle dormitories, Franklin Field, the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and the Irvine Auditorium (under construction)., Negative numbers: 7125, 7126, 7127, 7664, 7667.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1927
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7125-7127; P.8990.7664; P.8990.7667]
