View of Girard College at Girard Avenue facing northwest from Corinthian Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The college 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 orphans.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 306, Originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, Kollner was active in Philadelphia 1840-1870s.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, lithographer
Date
[ca. 1847]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Education [(2)1525.F.25d]
Exterior view of the orphanage and grounds from the Delaware River. Shows boys, girls, and nuns lining up to enter the building. A steamboat, a scull, and a small sailboat appear on the river. Founded by the German Roman Catholic School Society of Philadelphia in 1856 in response to the large influx of German immigrants to the city. Ground for the building was broken the same year., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 237
Creator
Waeschle, John, lithographer
Date
ca. 1877
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Education [7544.F]
