Shows the side of the one-room school house completed in 1775 near the Upper Burying Ground at 6309 Germantown Avenue. View includes a tree adorned with a plaque identifying the school in the foreground. The school, built from subscription funds to educate the citizens of the upper end of Germantown, was altered to include a second floor in 1818 to accommodate town meetings., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Printed on mount: Plate Hammer; Developer Ortol.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.79]
Shows the one-room school house completed in 1775 near the Upper Burying Ground at 6309 Germantown Avenue. View includes a gated brick fence and headstones. The school, built from subscription funds to educate the citizens of the upper end of Germantown, was altered to include a second floor in 1818 to accommodate town meetings., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount., Slide number: 84., Inscribed on mount: Ortol [type of developer].
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.80]
Depicts businesses at the northwest and northeast corners of Germantown and Chelten Avenues, including (from east to west) Edward M. Bennis' real estate office; the post office; the Germantown Business College in the Vernon Building; Schaefer conveyancer office and the Pennsylvania Railroad ticket office. The steeple of the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown is visible in the background. A horse and carriage sits at the corner and the sidewalks are crowded with pedestrians., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.34]
