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Title: Girard College Pictorial embellishment of the Philada. Saturday Courier a family paper of the largest size published at two dollars a year in advance including two engravings of this kind yearly
Description: View of Founder's Hall at Girard College constructed 1833-1847 from designs by Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walters. Also shows pedestrian traffic on the grounds. The Hall occupied a site between what became Girard Avenue and Ridge Avenue at Corinthian Avenue. 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., Issued as one of two annual "pictorial illustrations" for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 311.2, Cited by Wainwright as in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Copy unlocated., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: copy unlocated
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania W155.2 [HSP unlocated]

Title: Girard College Pictorial embellishment of the Philada. Saturday Courier a family paper of the largest size published at two dollars a year in advance including two engravings of this kind yearly
Description: View of Founder's Hall at Girard College constructed 1833-1847 from designs by Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walters. Also shows pedestrian traffic on the grounds. The Hall occupied a site between what became Girard Avenue and Ridge Avenue at Corinthian Avenue. 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., Issued as one of two annual "pictorial illustrations" for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 311.2, Cited by Wainwright as in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Copy unlocated., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: copy unlocated
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania W155.2 [HSP unlocated]

Title: Girard College. Front view
Description: Partial exterior view of the front facade of Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Also shows a group of women standing in the doorway of the building. 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.", Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., For duplicate view see stereo - Newell - Education [P.8643.1], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.2010.6.15]

Title: Girard College, (rear.)
Description: View looking southwest showing Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building right of the hall and two men standing in the grass in the foreground. 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.", Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Education [P.9466.1]

Title: School house, Library & Gymnasium, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story building with a pediment over the doorway. A lawn crossed by a path and dotted with winter trees extends in front of the building. Other buildings are visible in the background., Time: 11:15, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 7, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.445]

Title: Germantown Academy from toward Green St[reet] [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Germantown Academy, a two-story stone building with a steeple. In front of the building is a line of trees, a lawn, a metal fence and a road. Two children sit in the grass while another boy stands to the left. The Germantown Academy, a nonsectarian day school, was founded in 1759. The school had two headmasters at first, David James Dove for English-speaking students and Hilarius Becker for German-speaking students. The original schoolhouse with a prominent belfry was built in 1761. During the Revolutionary War, the school was used as a hospital and camp for the British. The school moved to Fort Washington in 1965., Photographer remarks: Janitor wouldn't leave lower shutters open., Time: 5:10, Light: Fairly good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.564]

Title: The Girard College, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior 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., Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 5 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 304.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W379.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Girard College, (rear.)
Description: Founder's Hall., Titles from printed label pasted on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Education [P.9573.13]

Title: Girard College, (rear.)
Description: View looking southwest showing Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building right of the hall and two men standing in the grass in the foreground. 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.", Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister Phila., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Education [P.8484.25]

Title: Germantown High School
Description: Shows several students departing from Germantown High School built 1915 after the designs Henry Decourcey Richards at 5901 Germantown Avenue. The 3 1/2 story brick building contained 65 classrooms, an auditorium, gymnasium, infirmary, and library., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title and date inscribed on mount., Slide number: 55., Decourcey, a school architect, was chief draftsman for the Board of Public education circa 1906-1919.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: January 1916
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.50]

Title: Girard College, Phila.(main building)
Description: View showing a partial view of the front facade of Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Also shows a group of woman standing in the doorway of the building. 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.", Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Morris Finkel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.8643.1]

Title: [Founder's Hall, Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking southwest showing the college building constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building in the background. 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.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to John Moran., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (6)1322.F.37c., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Education [(6)1322.F.37cx]

Title: [Founder's Hall, Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking southwest showing the college building constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building in the background. 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.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to John Moran., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (6)1322.F.37cx., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Education [(6)1322.F.37c]

Title: Girard College
Description: 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]

Title: Girard College
Description: 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 male orphans., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 306, 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 [(6)1322.F.40f]

Title: Girard college. Main building. Now erecting near Philadelphia under the superintendence of T.U. Walter Esq
Description: View of Founder's Hall, Girard College based on designs by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter, issued separately as a souvenir of the building while it was still under construction. Constructed 1833-1847, the hall occupied a site between what became Girard Avenue and Ridge Avenues at Corinthian Avenue. 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 309
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: c1835
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W154 [P.2057]

Title: The Girard College, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior 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., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier in 1838., Issued as plate 5 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838) a series of Philadelphia views originaly published as five numbers of four prints each in 1838, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 304.2. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W379 [P.2210]

Title: The Girard College
Description: Exterior 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 Revial 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., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally issued as plate 5 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 304.4, Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W379 [P.2211]

Title: First floor of the Girard College
Description: First floor plan of Founder's Hall, Girard College located between Girard and Ridge Avenues at Corinthian Avenue in Philadelphia. Designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, the hall was constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for a school for poor white male orphans., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 259
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Education [P.8773]

Title: The Girard College, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior 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., Issued as plate 5 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity. (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each in 1838, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 304.1. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W379 [P.2209]

Title: Girard College, south front of the main building
Description: South front elevation of Founder's Hall, Girard College located between Girard and Ridge Avenues at Corinthian Avenue in Philadelphia. Designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, the hall was 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 312
Creator: Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Education [P.8772]

Title: Academy of Germantown
Description: Shows the schoolhouse built 1760-1761 by carpenter Jacob Knor at 110 School House Lane. Housed the bi-lingual private boys school established by the Pennsylvania Germans in Germantown in 1759. Used as a hospital during the American Revolution and chartered as a public school in 1784., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: Mr. Watson, writes "Up School[house] lane. It was built before the war, and has some history" - "see Annals.", Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 141. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Also included in an annotated album containing twenty photographs by Richards entitled "Pictorial Views of Houses & Places in Germantown yr 1859." (LCP 66037.D.2), Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: April 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Germantown - G [(3)2526.F.141 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f141.jpg

Title: [Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking north showing a partial view of the front elevation of Founder's Hall, constructed 1833-1847, in the Greek Revival style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building in the left background. 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.", Trimmed yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to John Moran., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Education [(6)1322.F.37a]

Title: [Founder's Hall, Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking southwest showing the hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building left of the hall and several trees in the foreground. 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.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from manuscript note on verso., McClees 1858-13., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: October 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.122]

Title: Girard College, Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building left of the hall and several trees in the foreground. 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.", Title from manuscript note on mount., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [7992.F.19]

Title: [Spring Garden Institute, northeast corner Broad and Spring Garden streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the vocational school built 1851-1852 after the designs of Hoxie & Button at 523-525 North Broad Street. Also shows partial views of surrounding buildings. The institute, comprised of a lecture-room, a lending library, a free reading room, classrooms, and a boardroom, educated youth for employment in the practical sciences and technologies., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Sp. Garden Hall - N.E. Cor Broad and Sp. Garden St., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., McClees, an early prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Spring Garden [(7)1322.F.45b]

Title: Central High School house, Broad Street
Description: View looking northeast showing the second building of the Central High School for Boys (established 1838), the first public high school in the city, built 1853 on the 6000 block of North Broad Street in Fern Rock. Also shows adjacent buildings and several large pipe sections in the street in the foreground. Building housed the school until 1900., Title from accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Trimmed., McClees 1856-8.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Education [(5)2526.F.14b]

Title: Girard College
Description: View of Founder's Hall at Girard College constructed 1833-1847 from designs by Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walters. The Hall occupied a site between what became Girard Avenue and Ridge Avenue at Corinthian Avenue. 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., Issued as one of two annual "pictorial illustrations" for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 311.1, LCP copy lacking title, imprint, and vignette., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 46 G 518c. Image of HSP copy also attached.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W155.1 [P.2058], Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 46 G 518c

Title: Clermont Academy
Description: Handbill containing a view of the boy's boarding school built in 1804 for brothers John Thomas and Charles Carre at Heart Lane and Nicetown Lane, between Germantown and Frankford. School property includes landscaped lawns, a barn, and trees. A man approaches the entrance of the school where a woman waits at the door. Pupils are visible in the first floor windows. Also contains several paragraphs signed by administrator Samuel S. Griscom describing the school, including location, "Course of Instruction," "Terms for Tuition," and the school philosophy in addition to names of references. The school was acquired by Griscom in 1828., Variant of engraving "Clermont Seminary, near Philadelphia" from The Casket (April 1830)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 142, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - small - Schools & Colleges, Box 48, Folder 4
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - small - Schools & Colleges, Box 48, Folder 4

Title: Aston Ridge Seminary for Young Ladies near Philadelphia Rev. B. S. Huntington A.M. principal
Description: Shows young ladies walking past the seminary building and seated on the grounds of the school. Willow trees and a gazebo adorn the property., Not in Wainwright., Mount contains printed border., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 29, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 46 As 47
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 46 As 47

Title: The Roxborough School House. Founded by William Levering, 1748, rebuilt 1795
Description: Exterior view of the small two-and-one-half story school house, renamed the "Levering Primary School" in 1847. Shows the side and front of the building also used as a public hall. A gated pathway and fence are visible next to the school house. A large tree stands in the front yard. The school was rebuilt again in 1857. William Levering (1705-1774) was a proprietor with large land holdings who not only built the first school in Roxborough, but the first smith shop and inn., Not in Wainwright., Published in Horatio Gate Jones's The Levering Family; or, a genealogical account of Wigard Levering and Gerhard Levering,....(Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1858), opp. p.26., pdcc00027, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 27A:32
Date: [1858]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 27A:32

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
Description: Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally issued as plate 12 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 school located at the northwest corner of Sassafras (i.e. Race) and Schuylkill Third (i.e. 20th) Streets. Founded in 1833, the school first occupied this building in October 1836. View includes pedestrians strolling in the street and a watchman's guardhouse.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist., creator
Date: [1848].
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W277-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W277 [P.2167]

Title: 5434 Germantown Ave., home of Jno. Ashmead, father of Capt.. Albert Ashmead
Description: Exterior view of east front of residence of William Ashmead, built in 1740 and later owned by his son John Ashmead. Image depicts the site when it was under the ownership of the Manheim Stables & Riding Academy, and contains a partial view of a banner advertising the stables and academy., Inscribed in negative: 3357., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 5, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.113]

Title: 5430 Germantown Ave. Home of Captain Albert Ashmead of the American Army
Description: Exterior view of east front of dwelling of Captain Albert Ashmead, built before 1796. Albert's grandfather, William Ashmead, manufactured Germantown wagons in the rear of the property. Main house was used as a show room and was later turned into residence after Albert Ashmead's marriage. Includes a banner hanging in between 5430 and 5434 Main Street ( i.e. Germantown Avenue), advertising John A. Foley's Manheim Stables & Riding Academy at 5434 Main Street., Inscribed in negative: 3356., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 5, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.112]

Title: "Ship" House, Main St., G'tn. 6338 Main St. Built 1760. At one time an inn. First public hall in Gt'n. was in rear. One of first three hand fire engines kept here
Description: Exterior view of north flank of house known for the plaster-of-Paris model of a ship on the lower gable of the house. Includes three women standing in front of the house, with two baby carriages. Original portion of house built circa 1760. In the rear of the property was the first public hall in Germantown. The Germantown Fire Company housed a small engine known as the "Bull Dog" on the property. Kept as a hotel until 1836, when James Ford purchased the property and opened a boarding school for girls. Demolished circa 1906., Slide number 85., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Also known as Bockius House, for the family that resided here circa 1902.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.81]

Title: 5430 Main St. Home of Capt. Albert Ashmead
Description: Exterior view of east front of dwelling of Captain Albert Ashmead, built before 1796. Albert's grandfather, William Ashmead, manufactured Germantown wagons in the rear of the property. Main house was used as a show room and was later turned into residence after Albert Ashmead's marriage. Includes a banner hanging in between 5430 and 5434 Main Street ( i.e. Germantown Avenue), advertising John A. Foley's Manheim Stables & Riding Academy at 5434 Main Street., 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.9731.26]

Title: 5434 Main St. Home of John Ashmead
Description: Exterior view of east front of residence of William Ashmead, built in 1740 and later owned by his son John Ashmead. Image depicts the site when it was under the ownership of the Manheim Stables & Riding Academy, and contains a partial view of a banner advertising the stables and academy., 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.9731.27]

Title: Concord School House, built 1775, Germantown Ave
Description: Shows the one-room school house completed in 1775 near the Upper Burying Ground at 6309 Germantown Avenue. View includes a gated brick fence 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., Inscribed in negative: 2225., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.23]

Title: The Union Business College [certificate]
Description: Receipt certificate for the Philadelphia business school, later renamed Peirce Business College, containing a vignette depicting the allegorical figure of Columbia. She holds a fasces and laurel wreath. Also contains a blank space (for a stamp) framed with an ornate border and a pictorial detail designed as a medal engraving., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Leonhardt relocated his establishment to 114 South Third Street in 1868.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.216b]

Title: Penn Charter School
Description: 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]

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
Description: Aerial view of the Mt. Airy campus of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (later renamed Pennsylvania School for the Deaf). Constructed circa 1890 after designs by Cope & Stewardson and Wilson Brothers & Company, the school operated at this location from 1892 until 1984, when it relocated to Germantown. The school was established by David Sexias in Center City in 1820. View includes residences and adjacent railroad tracks. Looks northeast towards Montgomery County., Negative number: 1536.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1536]

Title: Chestnut Hill Academy
Description: Aerial view of Chestnut Hill Academy in the St. Martin's area of Chestnut Hill. Depicts the u-shaped building constructed 1883-1884 after designs by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt that was formerly the Wissahickon Inn and which the academy occupied in 1898. Also shows nearby estates primarily established by Henry H. Houston. Chestnut Hill Academy was founded in 1851 as a boarding and day school for boys., Negative number: 7292.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7292]

Title: Girard College for Orphans, at Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of Girard College at Girard Avenue facing northwest from Corinthian Avenue including Founder’s Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. Shows several figures walking the grounds of the school in addition to street and pedestrian traffic including horse-drawn carriages and coaches, men on horseback, promenaders, and a laborer pushing a hand cart. 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.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 307/308, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 Girard College
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 Girard College

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the school located at the northwest corner of Sassafras (i.e. Race) and Schuylkill Third (i.e. 20th) Streets. Founded in 1833, the school first occupied this building in October 1836. View includes pedestrians strolling in the street and a watchman's guardhouse., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier in 1838., Issued as plate 12 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 562.1. Digital image shows fourth state of the print., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W6442 pl. 20
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 862 W 6442 pl. 20

Title: Girard College
Description: Oblique view showing the front facade of Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. 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.", Title printed on verso in publisher's series list with fifty-three other titles (No. 1-54)., Publisher's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - H. Ropes & Co. - Education [P.9281.4]

Title: Liberty building, old graveyard & school-house from Jone's roof, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a cemetery and stone Liberty building in Germantown seen from above. A fence separates the cemetery from the street on the right A horse-drawn carriage waits on the left side of the street., Time: 10:00, Light: Bright sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 21, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1103]

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the school located at the northwest corner of Sassafras (i.e. Race) and Schuylkill Third (i.e. 20th) Streets. Founded in 1833, the school first occupied this building in October 1836. View includes pedestrians strolling in the street and a watchman's guardhouse., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 12 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 562.2. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Synder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson), Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W277.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)]

Title: Girard College, main entrance
Description: View looking north at the main entrance gates and stone wall in front of Founder's Hall. The hall was constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. 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.", Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Distributor's stamp on verso: William A. McAllister, Phila., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Education [P.8484.26]

Title: Concord School House. Built 1775
Description: 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]

Title: Old Concord School House. Main St. Germantown, Pa. Built 1775
Description: 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]

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