Aerial view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans. It opened in 1848., Negative number: P203.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
June 27, 1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P203]
Aerial view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans. It opened in 1848., Negative number: 6176., 6176 not digitized; negative is damaged and cannot be scanned.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6176]
Aerial view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans. It opened in 1848. Row homes on the surrounding streets are visible., Negative number: 14415n.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
June 13, 1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.14415n]
Aerial view of the Friends' Central School campus at the former residence of Wistar Morris, designed by architect Mantle Fielding and located at 1101 City Avenue in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Established in 1845 by the Society of Friends, the Quaker school moved to this location in 1925 from Fifteenth and Race Streets in Philadelphia, where it had been located since 1857. Houses in nearby Overbrook are visible in the distance., Negative number: 5210.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1925
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5210]
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 Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, located at 3200-3254 Henry Avenue in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Depicts a five-story building with columned portico entrance (constructed circa 1925 after designs by the firm Ritter & Shay) and circular driveway lined with automobiles. The school was founded in 1850 as the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, the first medical school for women in the world. It was renamed Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1970, and in 1993 it merged with Hahnemann University., Negative number: 19866n.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
July 6, 1939
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.19866n]
Aerial views of William Penn Charter School located in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Depicts main school building, athletic fields, and surrounding residences. The co-educational Quaker school was established in 1689 by William Penn., Negative numbers: 5393, 5877, 5878.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1925-1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5393; P.8990.5877-5878]
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 view of Mount Saint Joseph Academy, a Catholic school for women founded in 1858 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Around 1924 the campus became the site for Mount Saint Joseph College (later renamed Chestnut Hill College), also founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph to educate women. In 1961 the academy relocated to Flourtown, Pennsylvania., Negative number: 1724.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1724]
Aerial view of Mount Saint Joseph College, a Catholic liberal arts college for women opened in 1924 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Also the site of Mount Saint Joseph Academy until 1961. Renamed Chestnut Hill College in 1938. Became coeducational in 2003., Negative number: 13591n.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13591n]
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 view of the Friends' Central School campus at the former residence of Wistar Morris, designed by architect Mantle Fielding and located at 1101 City Avenue in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Established in 1845 by the Society of Friends, the Quaker school moved to this location in 1925 from Fifteenth and Race Streets in Philadelphia, where it had been located since 1857. A baseball game takes place on the western edge of the campus. Houses in nearby Overbrook are visible in the distance., Negative number: 5723., Inscribed on negative: 5723
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5723]
Aerial views of the Charles E. Ellis College for Fatherless Girls in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Depicts stone cottages (built circa 1923 after designs by John T. Windrim) surrounded by farmland. The school was established in 1919 with a bequest from Charles E. Ellis (1835-1909), who earned his wealth in the transportation industry. The school closed in 1977., Negative numbers: 5392, 5394.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1925
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5392; P.8990.5394]
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]
Aerial view of the campus of the Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. Depicts Benade Hall and other original buildings constructed in the early 20th century. The institution, founded in 1876, is comprised of a Theological School, secondary schools, and Bryn Athyn College, all associated with the New Church or General Church of the New Jerusalem (commonly known as the Swedenborgian church)., Negative number: 1323.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1323]
High-altitude aerial view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans. It opened in 1848. Eastern State Penitentiary is visible in the foreground. View looks north and includes North Philadelphia., Negative number: 5376.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1925
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5376]
