Contains exterior views of the orphanage building constructed in 1879 for the elderly and the new annex built circa 1896 by Carl Berger. Also depicts boys gardening on the property., Sheet number: 100B07., Undivided 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. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]
Exterior view of the Methodist Episcopal Orphanage, built by Thomas Preston Lonsdale circa 1896., Numbered 8098 on recto., Sheet number: 138B10., 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. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Exterior views of orphanage built in 1904 after designs by Horace Trumbauer at North Broad Street and Hunting Park Avenue. Includes a view of Torresdale Boulevard, later known as Roosevelt Boulevard, in the foreground. The new highway connected the small farming community of Torresdale directly to central Philadelphia., Sheet number: 138A04., 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
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Depicts boys playing on the lawn in front of the entrance to the orphanage and boys sitting on the lawn in front of Our Lady's Shrine., Photographs by Sliker., Sheet number: 138B18., Real photos. 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 [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Exterior view of the House of Refuge Dormitory for Colored Girls at North 22nd and Poplar Streets built circa 1898 after designs by Addison Hutton. Shows the wrought iron fence before the front facade of the three-story building that has ivy growing on it. Trees line the sidewalk in the foreground., Title from manuscript inscribed in the negative., Manuscript inscribed in the negative: 7014., Sheet number: 138B08., Divided back., Gift of George M. Brightbill, 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
[ca. 1905]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Postcard promoting the Salvation Army Rescue Children's Home and Hospital. The home, established in 1893, provided shelter, training and medical care to destitute mothers and children. Depicts a group portrait of a row of eleven small children, including an African American girl, attired in identical white jumpers. The children are lined up from shortest to tallest child., Inscribed in negative: 26770., Contains manuscript note on verso addressed to Mrs. A. G. Crandall, Montpelier, Vermont., Purchase 2002., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked April 16, 1910.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
[ca. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hospitals, asylums and homes [P.2002.52]