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Title: United States Naval Hospital postcards
Description: Exterior views of the United States Naval Hospital built by Karcher & Smith in 1929-1933. Demolished in 2001., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1937
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hospitals, asylums and homes - [P.9048.285 - 286]

Title: Entrance to Jewish Hospital. Columns formerly in front of U. S. Mint, Juniper & Chestnut
Description: Depicts the front entrance columns preceding the entrance drive to the Jewish Hospital, facing Tabor Road. The columns were taken from the old United States Mint building at the northwest corner of Chestnut and Juniper Streets before it was demolished in 1902. The Chapel of the Jewish Hospital, built after designs by Magaziner & Potter circa 1912, can be seen in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative March 31, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.107]

Title: Jefferson Hospital and annex, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view looking east of the Samuel Gustine Thompson Memorial Annex at the southeast corner of Sansom and Clifton Streets, built in 1922-1924 by John T. Windrim in honor of William E. Thompson, who had been one of the trustees of Jefferson Hospital. Engineers Stone & Webster supervised the construction of the 17 story private ward building. New annex building replaced the nurses' home at 1020 Sansom Street., Numbered 117 and 121330 on recto., Sheet number: 108A04., 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: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Jewish Hospital, York & Tabor Roads, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites constructed in 1888 by Furness, Evans & Co. on the campus of the Jewish Hospital., Sheet number: 108A04., Divided back., 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: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Medico-Chirurgical Hospital postcards
Description: Depicts exterior views of the Medico-Chirurgical College and Hospital buildings. Depicts an aerial view of the campus on Cherry Street between 17th and 18th Streets showing (from left to right) the maternity and children's hospital; the clinical amphitheatre; the main hospital building; the power house; college hall and the new dispensary and laboratory building. Also includes more detailed images of the main hospital building and the laboratory building., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., The Orphan Asylum and the Home for Indigent Widows occupied the site before the Medico-Chirurgical College acquired the property circa 1890. The original Medico-Chirurgical hospital building was located in the reconstructed Orphan's Asylum built by William Strickland after a devastating fire destroyed the original building in 1822., Sheet numbers: 108A05 and 108B04., 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: 1900-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Misericordia Hospital postcards
Description: Contains views of the Misericordia Hospital built in 1915 by Edwin Forrest Durang at the northwest corner of 53rd Street and Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia. Depicts an exterior view of the front facade of the hospital and interior views of a private room, the nursery, children's ward, women's ward and library., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Five out of six postcards issued by Artvue Post Card Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York, NY., Sheet numbers: 108A05, 108B05B and 108B05C., 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: 1920-1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: St. Joseph's Hospital postcards
Description: Exterior views of hospital founded in 1849 to care for the community of Irish immigrants in Philadelphia, who fled from the famine in Ireland. The hospital began in a three story home at the corner of 16th Street and Girard Avenue. Considered the oldest Catholic hospital in Philadelphia., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 108A08 and 108B06., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Pennsylvania Hospital. [graphic]
Description: Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally issued as plate 13 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Exterior view of the hospital, located on Pine Street between 8th and 9th Streets, from the southeast. Street scene in foreground includes a carriage; a wagon; several riders on horseback including a woman riding side saddle; pedestrians; and a watchman's guardhouse. Designed by Samuel Rhoads and David Evans, Jr., the east wing of the hospital was constructed 1755, the west wing and center pavilion in the 1790s.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W275-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W275 [P.2163]

Title: "The Kenwood," Chestnut Hill, Pa
Description: Depicts a car parked in front of The Kenwood, a mental sanatorium in Chestnut Hill. The building in the foreground was constructed in 1884 after designs by George Simpson. This newer building sits adjacent to the original house on the property (left), built circa 1860 as a private residence, then altered to The Eldon Hotel, one of three resort hotels in Chestnut Hill. The hotel occupied the property until 1910, when it was converted to the Kenwood mental sanatorium., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1912., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hospitals, asylums and homes - [P.9933.11]

Title: Mary J. Drexel Home postcards
Description: Exterior views of the front facade and entrance to the Mary J. Drexel Home at South College and Corinthian Avenues. Built in 1888 on the campus of Lankenau Hospital to house the deaconesses' home, children's hospital, home for the elderly and school for girls., About half (7 out of 15) postcards issued by The Rotograph Co., New York., Sheet numbers: 138A02, 138A03, 138B03, 138B04 and 138B05., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Pennsylvania Hospital, side view
Description: View looking west from the northwest corner of Eighth and Pine streets showing the hospital, founded as a mental institution in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, built between 1755-1805 at 801-849 Pine Street. East wing built 1755-1757 after the designs of Samuel Rhoads. West wing built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Sr. and David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr., Contains paper label on verso listing over 100 city views published by firm., Grey mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See variant view of the hospital photographed by Robert Newell circa 1870 in Newell Album, P.9062.43b., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hospitals [P.9299.21]

Title: Plan of U.S. Military Hospital at Edgewood Chestnut Hill Penna. [graphic] / John McArthur Jr. Archt, No. 209 So. Sixth St. Phia.
Description: Eleven of twelve drawings inscribed on verso: Book 57 B.598., 5791.F.5 inscribed October 3, 1863., Described in Rules and special orders of the Mower United States Army and General Hospital (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865). (Am 1865 Phi Mow,15730.D)., Series of architectural drawings including a site plan and section plans of the hospital facility. Site plan includes an inset of the "Plan of iron trucks for conveying food to wards made of iron wire gage" and depictions of the surrounding roads, Chestnut Hill Railroad, store depot, and depot for patients. Also contains annotations about the locations of drain pipes, sewage pipes, and gas, fire, and water mains. Section plans depict the first and second stories of the central building, operating rooms, first and second stories of the medical department; stewards apartment, kitchen, prison ward, ward for 60 beds, section of ventilators, and a corridor. Plans include sky lights, bathrooms, sleeping rooms, dining rooms, waiting rooms, barracks, wash rooms, scullery, cauldrons, stoves, sinks, pantries, knapsack room, offices, apothecary shop, and post mortem room. Plan of operating rooms also contains a key to symbols representing gas burners. Plan of first story of the medical department also contains a design for the shelving of the apothecary shop. Section plans include scale 4 ft to 1 inch.
Creator: McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect., creator
Date: 1861-1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **architectural drawings - McArthur [5791.F.1-3; 5-13]

Title: Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association of Philadelphia. Instituted, September 5th 1862. [graphic] / From nature by Jas. Queen.
Description: Location: Broad St. and Washington Ave., northeast corner., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date: ca. 1865.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W067.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W67 [P.8650]

Title: Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad St. and Washington Avenue. [graphic] / Drawn & lith. by James Queen, Philada.
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material concerning Civil War volunteer saloons and hospitals., Fundraising certificate containing views of the exterior and interior of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Exterior view shows civilians and a troop of Union soldiers standing in front of the hospital as a train arrives. Interior view shows rows of beds lining a central hallway. Women volunteers attend to bed-ridden soldiers and set a long table for a meal. Framed by decorative motifs including the seal of Philadelphia; angels hovering above an able-bodied and an injured soldier in front of columns inscribed "The Glory of the Volunteer"; American flags; and floral elements. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. Closed on August 11, 1865.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator
Date: [1862]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W068.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W68 [5778.F]

Title: Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad St. and Washington Avenue. [graphic] / Drawn & lith. by James Queen, Philada.
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material concerning Civil War volunteer saloons and hospitals., Fundraising certificate containing views of the exterior and interior of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Exterior view shows civilians and a troop of Union soldiers standing in front of the hospital as a train arrives. Interior view shows rows of beds lining a central hallway. Women volunteers attend to bed-ridden soldiers and set a long table for a meal. Framed by decorative motifs including the seal of Philadelphia; angels hovering above an able-bodied and an injured soldier in front of columns inscribed "The Glory of the Volunteer"; American flags; and floral elements. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. Closed on August 11, 1865.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator
Date: [1862]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W068.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W68 [5778.F]

Title: Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association of Philadelphia. Instituted, September 5th 1862. [graphic] / From nature by Jas. Queen.
Description: Location: Broad St. and Washington Ave., northeast corner., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date: ca. 1865.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W067.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W67 [P.8650]

Title: Philadelphia College and Infirmary of Osteopathy, S.E. corner 19th and Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the college and hospital at the southeast corner of 19th and Spring Garden Streets. The college purchased the property in 1916 and commissioned Savery & Scheetz to design additions and alterations., Numbered 21428N on verso., Founded in 1898. Name changed to Philadelphia College of Osteopathy in 1921., Also identified as the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia., Sheet number: 153B03., Divided back., 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: ca. 1916
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Pennsylvania Hospital, E. wing built 1755
Description: View looking north of the center section of Pennsylvania Hospital on Pine Street between 8th and 9th Streets. The statue of William Penn, sculpted in 1774 by John Bacon, is also visible through the iron fence. East wing was built from 1755-1757 by Samuel Rhoads, west wing built 1794-1796 by David Evans, Jr., and the center section also constructed by Evans in 1794-1805. All of these sections were altered in the mid 18th century by John McArthur and John McArthur. Jr. Dr. Thomas Bond founded Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, making it the oldest hospital in the United States. The "Pine Building" as it was called, housed the country's first surgical amphitheatre., Inscribed in negative: 3176., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.84]

Title: [Children's Building, Women's Homeopathic Hospital for Men, Women and Children, 20th and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the Children's Building of Women's Homeopathic Hospital, surrounded by snow and separated from the street by a low stone wall. Several cars are parked along the road. One man walks along the sidewalk and another leans against a pole on the corner of Twentieth and Dauphin Streets., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.21]

Title: [Women's Homeopathic Hospital for Men, Women and Children, 20th and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the Women's Homeopathic Hospital looking south. The visible section of the building is probably an addition to the original hospital building constructed by Wilson Eyre circa 1884. Snow covers the low stone wall surrounding the hospital grounds. Two men stand on the snow covered sidewalks near the corner of Twentieth and Dauphin Streets., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.22]

Title: Germantown Hospital postcards
Description: Exterior views., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 100A02 and 100B04., Divided backs., 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: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: German Hospital postcards
Description: Exterior views of German Hospital building adjoining the Mary J. Drexel Home at Girard and Corinthian Avenues. Founded in 1860 to provide medical care to the German population in the area. Building in images constructed circa 1874. In 1917 name changed to Lankenau Hospital in honor of John Lankenau, one of the hospital's early presidents. The Mary J. Drexel Home, which can be seen in the background of some of the postcards, was built in 1888 and later housed the hospital's deaconesses' home, children's hospital, home for the elderly and a school for girls., Contains 8 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 108A02, 108A03, 108A04, and 108B02., 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: 1900-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Wills Eye Hospital postcards
Description: Exterior view of front facade of hospital built circa 1832 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter. Also includes a collage of images depicting the interior of the hospital and staff tending to patients., Founded by James Wills, Jr. as "The Wills Hospital for the Relief of the Indigent Blind and Lame." The lot on Race Street was purchased for $20,000 and the cornerstone of the building laid in 1832., Sheet number: 108B07., 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: 1905-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: The Phipps Institute for Consumptives, 7th & Lombard Sts. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of institute looking northeast. Built in 1913. Founded by Henry C. Phipps as the Institutue for the Study, Treatment and Prevention of Tuberculosis., Numbered 539 on verso., Sheet number: 108A07., Divided back., 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: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Christ Church Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. -- Founded in 1772
Description: Exterior view of front facade of hospital built 1856-1861 after designs by John M. Gries. Founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to support poor and widowed women of the Church of England., Also known as the Kearsley Home., Sheet number: 108B01., Divided back. Post marked 1958., 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: ca. 1958
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Germantown Dispensary and Hospital, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the hospital complex. Designed by Cope & Stewardson. Completed 1897. Located at Chew and Penn Streets in Germantown., Negative numbers: 7149n, 7150n, 7155n, 7156n, 7157n, 7158n, 7160n, 7161n, 7162n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7149n; P.8990.7150n; P.8990.7155-7158n; P.8990.7160n-7162n]

Title: Mower Hospital concert
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Mower Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Phi Mower 1864 (26)5761.F.28a (McAllister)

Title: Wills' Ophthalmic Hospital
Description: Exterior view of the Wills' Eye Hospital building constructed in 1832 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter on the 1800 block of Race Street, opposite Logan Square. The hospital relocated to 1601 Spring Garden Street in 1932., Photographer's imprint on recto., Title printed on mount., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 52., Arcadia caption text: In 1825 James Wills, Jr. bequeathed a portion of his estate to the city of Philadelphia for an ophthalmic hospital or asylum designated as "The Wills Hospital for the Relief of the Indigent Blind and Lame." The lot on Race Street near Nineteenth Street was purchased for $20,000 and the cornerstone of the building laid in 1832. Thomas Ustick Walter, who won the design competition, purportedly incorporated some of the design features proposed by his competitors into the final plan. In 1932, the expanded institution moved into a larger building at 1601 Spring Garden Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young - Hospitals [P.9212.8]

Title: Jefferson Hospital, 10th & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of Jefferson Hospital and surrounding area., Negative numbers: P142, P143, P144, P145.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: December 31, 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P142-P145]

Title: Penn Hospital, Philadelphia
Description: Oblique, exterior view of the hospital built 1755-1805. East wing built 1755-1757 after the designs of Samuel Rhoads. West wing built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Sr. and David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr. A man stands next to a bench on the hospital grounds in the foreground., Title on negative., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners and black line border., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hospitals [P.9047.134]

Title: Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. View of the portico. Dept. for females, Phila
Description: Shows a fountain in the middle of a grassy area at the mental institution, known as Kirkbride's, at 4401 Market Street in West Philadelphia. The building, built 1836-1840 after the designs of Isaac Holden to remedy the overcrowded conditions at the Pennsylvania Hospital, was demolished 1959., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hospitals [(8)1322.F.7d]

Title: [Pennsylvania Hospital, 801-849 Pine Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking north showing the center house of the hospital, founded in 1751, built between 1755-1805. View includes a group of men standing in front of the building. West wing built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Sr. and David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Distributors' imprint printed on mount: H. Ropes & Co., 323 Broadway, N.Y. Manufs of Stereoscopes & Graphoscopes., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 151., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 47., Arcadia caption text: Pennsylvania Hospital, chartered in 1751 thanks to the efforts of Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, served the indigent sick and mentally ill in Philadelphia. In 1756 Samuel Rhoads designed the east wing of the hospital building on the north side of Pine Street near Eighth Street. A group of men pose in front of the central administration building, built in 1804 to unite the completed east and west wings. The pilastered central block contained the oldest surgical amphitheater in the United States, the drum and dome of which are visible in this c. 1875 image., Duplicate of P.9260.63., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hospitals [P.9260.64]

Title: Penn Hospital Philada
Description: Exterior view looking north showing the center house of the hospital, founded as a mental institution in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, built between 1755-1805 at 801-849 Pine Street. West wing built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hospitals [P.9260.32]

Title: Pennsylvania Hospital
Description: View looking north showing the center house of the hospital, founded as a mental institution in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, built between 1755-1805 at 801-849 Pine Street. View includes a group of men standing in front of the building. West wing built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Duplicate of P.9260.64., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hospitals [P.9260.63]

Title: Friends Asylum for the Insane near Frankford. [graphic] / Doughty, del.
Description: Location: Roosevelt Blvd. at Adams Ave., Frankford., Frontispiece to Fifteenth Annual Report of the State of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason, (Philadelphia: Printed by T.A. Conrad, corner Sixth and Cherry Streets, 1832). Report also contains "Map of the Asylum Farm" and "Groundfloor of the Asylum" printed on tissue by Childs & Inman Lithrs. Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856 artist., creator
Date: [1832]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W143.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W143 [Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a]

Title: Friends' Asylum for the Insane near Frankford. [graphic] / From nature & on stone by G. Lehman.
Description: Published as the frontispiece of the annual reports of the asylum (entitled: ... Annual Report of the State of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason) from 1836 to 1840., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the front of the almshouse founded by the Society of Friends in 1813 located in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist., creator
Date: [1836].
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W144.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W144 [P.2049]

Title: Christ Church Hospital [graphic] / C. Th.
Description: Location: Forty-ninth St. at Monument Ave., Published in Edward W. Clark's A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1864), opposite page 85., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Uy8 96795.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Exterior view of front facade of hospital built 1856-1861 after designs by John M. Gries. Founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to support poor and widowed women of the Church of England.
Creator: Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898., creator
Date: [1864]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W063.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W63 [Uy8 96795.D]

Title: Hahnemann Hospital and Medical College postcards
Description: Exterior views of Hahnemann medical college and hospital building occupied circa 1885 after the Homeopathic Medical College merged with the Hospital of Philadelphia to create Hahnemann. This gothic structure was razed in 1928 to make way for a new 20 story hospital building., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 108B03, 153A01A and 153A01B., 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: 1905-1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108] and [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: The Philadelphia Home for Incurables postcards
Description: Contains images of The Philadelphia Home for Incurables at Belmont and Conshohocken Avenues. Includes views of Inglis House built in 1927 after designs by Ballinger Company, showing elderly women sitting near the circle in front of the building. Also depicts an interior view of Founders Hall., Sheet numbers: 138B15 and 138B16., Divided backs., 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: ca. 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Byberry Hospital and Northeast Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views from high altitude. Includes original buildings of the Byberry Hopital complex constructed between 1906 and the mid-1920s in the Byberry or Somerton section of northeast Philadelphia. Established in 1907 as Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases, it was renamed Philadelphia State Hospital when the state of Pennsylvania took over the operations in 1936. Closed in 1990, the buildings were demolished 2006-2008., Negative numbers: 20313s, 22518s, 22520s., Negative 20313 dated September 18, 1939.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1939-1941
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8890. 20313s; P.8990.22518s; P.8990.22520s]

Title: Byberry Hospital
Description: Aerial views. Depicts original hospital buildings including male and female dormitories or "groups" constructed between 1906 and the mid-1920s in the Byberry or Somerton section of northeast Philadelphia. Established in 1907 as Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases, it was renamed Philadelphia State Hospital when the state of Pennsylvania took over the operations in 1936. Closed in 1990, the buildings were demolished 2006-2008., Negative numbers: 5501, 5502, 5503, 5504, 5505, 5506, 5507, 5508, 5509, 5510, 5519, 5520, 5521, 5523., 5521 not digitized; negative is damaged and cannot be scanned.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5501-5510; P.8990.5519-5521; P.8990.5523]

Title: South Street Hospital, 24th and South streets, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of the Civil War hospital. Shows convalescing soldiers, seated, in opposite rows, along the walls of a ward. A few men, possibly hospital attendants, stand among the patients. South Street Hospital was also known as "stump hospital" given the large number of amputations performed at the facility., Title from manuscript note on mount: Hospital 24th & South., White mount with square corners., Created postfreeze., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of materials of Civil War Views, Places & Events., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 53., Arcadia caption text: Recuperating soldiers are seated in opposite rows lining the walls of a ward in the South Street Hospital. Located at Twenty-fourth and South streets, this Civil War hospital was sometimes referred to as “stump hospital” because of the large number of amputations performed there., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hospitals [5779.F.14a]

Title: Rules and regulations Citizens' Volunteer Hospital Broad & Washington Streets, Philadelphia
Description: The hospital was organized Sept. 5, 1862 and closed Aug. 11, 1865., Printed on card stock; printed area, including single-rule border, measures 32.3 x 24.6 cm, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [between 1862 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Citizens 5778.F.40a (McAllister)

Title: Views of Pennsylvania Hospital, 801-849 Pine Street, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior views showing the hospital built 1755-1805. East wing built 1755-1757 after the designs of Samuel Rhoads. West wing built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Sr. and David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr. Views include the William Penn statue attributed to British sculptor John Cheere or John Bacon., Yellow paper mounts with square corners and manuscript titles., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hospitals [(8)1322.F.5g-2 & h; (8)1322.F.7a]

Title: Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia
Description: View showing the first hospital in the United States on Pine Street between Eighth and Ninth streets, built between 1755 and 1805 from the designs of Philadelphia architects, Samuel Rhoads, and David Evans, Jr. In the foreground, pedestrians walk near the brick fence enclosing the multi-winged hospital, and a man in a military uniform settles his bucking horse., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 26.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: 1799
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 26a/P.2276.60]

Title: [Presbyterian Hospital, administration building, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the exterior of the administration building at Thirty-ninth Street between Powelton Avenue and Filbert Street in West Philadelphia, erected in 1891 and demolished in 1959. Shows the stairs leading to the front door to the brick building. In the left, a row of seven boys, including an African American boy, stand on the sidewalk before a gate and look at the viewer. Trees line the sidewalk. The three-story building in the right is visible. Built on land donated in 1871 by church member Rev. Dr. Ephraim D. Sanders, the hospital was erected as a monument to the Philadelphia Presbyterian Alliance which was formed in 1870 following the reconciliation of the Old and New School Branches of the Presbyterian Church., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from attire of the people., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Hospitals [P.9260.474]

Title: Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, of Philadelphia. [graphic] : Being the first institution of the kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th. 1861 / J. Queen, del. & lith.
Description: Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee's blindstamp on recto., Detailed inscription by Fales about the history of the saloon on recto. Transcription available at repository., Manuscript note on recto: "John A. McAllister Esq. with the kind regards of Saml B. Fales, Phila. Nov. 24th, 1866." Fales served on the Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee as correspondence secretary and financial agent, and became the committee's main fundraiser., Lively scene containing a view of the two hospitals, refreshment stand, and other buildings of the Refreshment Saloon located near the Navy Yard at Swanson and Washington Avenues. Depicts a large crowd gathered to watch the arrival and departure of Union troops in November of 1863. Arriving soldiers march past the cannon, known as "Fort Brown," fired to forewarn saloon volunteers of the forthcoming arrival of troops. Departing soldiers board a Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore railroad car for the South. American flags dot the landscape. Crowd includes a band and an African American man. Contains the names of committee members and volunteers below the image. Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South on land leased en gratis from the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, the Saloon was a volunteer relief agency providing meals, hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to military personnel, refugees, and freedmen. It served over 800,000 men, 1,025,000 meals before closing on December 1, 1865.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date: [1863]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W412.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W412 [5778.F]

Title: Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, of Philadelphia. [graphic] : Being the first institution of the kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th. 1861 / J. Queen, del. & lith.
Description: Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee's blindstamp on recto., Detailed inscription by Fales about the history of the saloon on recto. Transcription available at repository., Manuscript note on recto: "John A. McAllister Esq. with the kind regards of Saml B. Fales, Phila. Nov. 24th, 1866." Fales served on the Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee as correspondence secretary and financial agent, and became the committee's main fundraiser., Lively scene containing a view of the two hospitals, refreshment stand, and other buildings of the Refreshment Saloon located near the Navy Yard at Swanson and Washington Avenues. Depicts a large crowd gathered to watch the arrival and departure of Union troops in November of 1863. Arriving soldiers march past the cannon, known as "Fort Brown," fired to forewarn saloon volunteers of the forthcoming arrival of troops. Departing soldiers board a Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore railroad car for the South. American flags dot the landscape. Crowd includes a band and an African American man. Contains the names of committee members and volunteers below the image. Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South on land leased en gratis from the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, the Saloon was a volunteer relief agency providing meals, hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to military personnel, refugees, and freedmen. It served over 800,000 men, 1,025,000 meals before closing on December 1, 1865.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date: [1863]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W412.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W412 [5778.F]

Title: American Academy of Music Director, C. Anschutz Business agent, Adolph Birgfeld Positively last appearance of the German Opera Troupe Saturday eve'g, Jan. 31, '63, grand gala opera night for the sole benefit of the Citizens' Volunteer Hospital: corner of Washington Avenue and Broad Street. Czar and Carpenter Grand comic opera, in 3 acts, by A. Lortzing. ... Doors open at 7 o'clock. Opera commences at 8. Prices of admission, one dollar Seats reserved without extra charge. Family circle, 50 cents Amphitheatre, 25 cents Seats can be secured at once, at the Academy of Music, and Gould's Music Store, corner of Chestnut and 7th Streets. Tickets of admission also to be had at Mr. Risley's, Continental Hotel, P.W. Hazzard's Book Store, G. Andre & Co's Music Store, and at the hospital
Description: Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 42.3 x 16.6 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Phi Aca Mus 1863 5778.F.42a (McAllister)

Title: Mower General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Description: Series of views showing interiors and exteriors of the Civil War Army hospital. Photographs show the entrance to the hospital; the administration building; parade grounds; quarters of the surgeon in charge; guard house and lecture room; the water tank at Ardleigh Street; views looking south from the observatory tower located on the administration building; the cooking department; a hospital ward; the general office; and a corridor. Views include an observation deck; a fire brigade during a drill; cooking staff; office clerks; patients; and soldiers traversing the grounds., Eighteen of the images contain photographer's imprint on mount., Eighteen of the images contain manuscript note on verso: Chestnut Hill Hospital., Stereographs on yellow mounts with square corners., Five of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, and Events and a Hart, Phillips, McAllister Civil War scrapbook., Described in Rules and special orders of the Mower United States Army and General Hospital (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865). (Am 1865 Phi Mow,15730.D)., See transcription of Coleman Sellers Letterbook, entry August 15, 1863, John Moran research file., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mower General Hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue) received injured soldiers transported directly from the battlefield between January 1863 - May 1865. The hospital, designed as a pavilion to control the spread of infection, consisted of several hospital wards radiating from a central enclosed complex of administrative and utility buildings. Complex included the administration building, a chapel, post office, band-stand, food preparation shops and storage houses, a barber shop, dining room, and guard house. Hospital utilized fresh water from the Chestnut Hill water works, gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. Building was razed following the war.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - Hospitals - M [(12)1540.F.9b; 5779.F.6e, 6k & 6i; P.8947.1-.18], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Hospitals [5779.F.14d; P.8464.24; P.8464.29; P.8992.24]

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