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Title: Girard College
Description: Exterior view of Founder's Hall, also identified as the main building, built 1833-1847 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter. Endowed by philanthropist Stephen Girard to educate boys without fathers. Girard ran away from home in France at the age of fourteen, worked his way up to ship captain and landed in the states in 1776. He became one of the wealthiest men in America before his death seventeen years before the opening of Girard College in 1848., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1886, printed 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.151]

Title: [Northeast Manual Training School, 701 W. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the Northeast Manual Training School at the northeast corner of 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue, constructed from 1905 to 1907 after designs by Lloyd Titus, assistant architect of the Philadelphia Board of Public Education., The original Northeast Manual Training School was located on Howard Street below Girard Avenue. It was constructed after designs by M. Bethel in 1864 as the William A. Lee School and changed its name in 1890. This building on Howard Street was referred to as the Northeast Manual Training School Annex after the new school building was constructed in 1905., Known after 1913 as The Northeast High School., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.14]

Title: Germantown Academy, built 1760
Description: Exterior view of Germantown Academy, built in 1760 by Jacob Knor on land purchased from John and George Bringhurst. Known as the Union School House when it opened in 1761. Instruction was in both English and German. The building was used as a hospital after the Battle of Germantown in 1777 and again in 1798 during the Yellow Fever epidemic., 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.9731.32]

Title: Germantown Academy cor. School Lane & Greene St., built 1760
Description: Exterior view of Germantown Academy, built in 1760 by Jacob Knor on land purchased from John and George Bringhurst. Known as the Union School House when it opened in 1761. Instruction was in both English and German. The building was used as a hospital after the Battle of Germantown in 1777 and again in 1798 during the Yellow Fever epidemic., Inscribed in negative: 3836., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference print available., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.149]

Title: Old Concord School-house [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story school-house with a prominent steeple in Germantown. A gate in front of the school leads to the cobblestone road., Photographer remarks: In a neg. preserver., Time: 1, Light: Good sun., The negative is very light and has faded to a yellow color., 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 19, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.245]

Title: The Academy, School L[ane] & Green St[reet] [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Germantown Academy, a two-story stone school building surrounded by trees at the corner of School Lane and Green Street. A metal fence surrounds the lawn in front of the building and a gate opens into a driveway on the right. A lamppost stands on the sidewalk ot the right of the gate. 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., Time: 4:30, 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: May 2, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1538]

Title: The G[erman]t[ow]n Academy from cor[ner] of Green St. & School Lane, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Germantown Academy, a large stone building surrounded by trees and a wooden fence. The academy is located at a street corner. 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., Time: 9:30, Light: Very dark day., 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: March 31, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1088]

Title: Girard college. Main building. Now erecting near Philadelphia under the superintendence of T.U. Walter Esq. [graphic] / Designd. by T.U. Walter. Archit. ; Geo. Lehman, del.
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.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, lithographer., creator
Date: c1835.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W154.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W154 [P.2057]

Title: Girard College [graphic]
Description: Issued as one of two annual "pictorial illustrations" for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier., LCP copy lacking title, imprint, and vignette., 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.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist. Philadelphia Saturday Courier., creator
Date: [1838]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W155.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W155 [P.2058]

Title: The Girard College [graphic] / Lith of J.T. Bowen, Ph[iladelphi]a.
Description: 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., 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 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.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W379-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W379 [P.2211]

Title: Very old house, date unknown. Was used as home of sexton of St. Michaels Lutheran Church. 6669 Main St
Description: Exterior view of west front of the Beggarstown one-room school house on the property of St. Michael's Lutheran Church. Built circa 1740 and restored in 1915. Also identified as the dwelling of a sexton of St. Michael's at one time., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative April 20, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.98]

Title: Statue of Stephen Girard in Girard College
Description: Interior view of marble, life-size statue of Stephen Girard standing atop a sarcophagus in Founder's Hall. Francois Victor Gevelot designed the sarcophagus that holds the remains of Girard. A man in a bowler hat and suit leans on the wrought iron railing separating the public from the monument., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Founder's Hall, also identified as the main building, built 1833-1847 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter. Endowed by philanthropist Stephen Girard to educate boys without fathers. Girard ran away from home in France at the age of fourteen, worked his way up to ship captain and landed in the states in 1776. He became one of the wealthiest men in America before his death seventeen years before the opening of Girard College in 1848.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1886, printed 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.152]

Title: Germantown Academy, bronze tablet
Description: Depicts the plaque describing the history of Germantown Academy, erected by the Trustees of the Academy and the Site and Relic Society of Germantown in 1918. Germantown Academy is visible in the background. Built in 1760 by Jacob Knor on land purchased from John and George Bringhurst. Known as the Union School House when it opened in 1761. Instruction was in both English and German. The building was used as a hospital after the Battle of Germantown in 1777 and again in 1798 during the Yellow Fever epidemic., Inscribed in negative: 3837., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.150]

Title: J. Mason, informs her friends and those who may favour her with their patronage, that she has removed her seminary, to an open healthy situation, with every advantage of light and air, back of No. 86 Callowhill Street, between Second and Third Streets, where she continues to instruct girls in all the most useful branches of an English education
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mason [P.9809.1]

Title: [Frankford Friends Meeting House, 1500 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the meeting house and school building constructed circa 1833 at the southeast corner of Orthodox and Penn Streets., Modern reference print #2 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.105]

Title: Girard College, N. Phila
Description: Aerial 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. It opened in 1848., Negative number: P203.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: June 27, 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P203]

Title: Girard College, Phila., Pa
Description: Aerial 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. It opened in 1848., Negative number: 6176., 6176 not digitized; negative is damaged and cannot be scanned.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6176]

Title: Girard College, Phila., Pa
Description: Aerial 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. It opened in 1848. Row homes on the surrounding streets are visible., Negative number: 14415n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: June 13, 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.14415n]

Title: Frankford High School, N. Phila., Pa
Description: Aerial view of Frankford High School, located at Oxford Ave. and Wakeling St. in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. Includes nearby row homes., Negative number: 17459n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: May 8, 1936
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.17459n]

Title: Frankford High School, Phila
Description: Aerial view of Frankford High School, located at Oxford Ave. and Wakeling St. in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. Includes nearby row homes., Negative numbers: 19853s, 19854s.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: June 26, 1939
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.19853s; P.8990.19854s]

Title: Carson College for Orphan Girls, Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of Carson College for Orphan Girls, also known as the Carson Valley School, in Flourtown, Pennsylvania. Depicts several interconnected, two-story stone buildings on a landscaped campus designed by Albert Kelsey. The buildings remain in active use by the related institution Carson Valley Children's Aid. View is west to east with West Wissahickon Avenue, Bethlehem Pike and surrounding farmland and residences visible., Negative number: 1552., Title supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Chestnut Hill School, Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service Employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1552]

Title: Girard College. Grounds and statue
Description: View of the white marble Soldiers' Monument erected 1869 after designs by W. Struthers & Son on the landscaped grounds of Girard College, showing a soldier at rest under a canopy supported by four columns. Monument funded by alumni of Girard College to commemorate those who died in the Civil War., Title and publisher's imprint from printed series list on verso. Series includes twenty-three other titles (No. 150-173)., Printed on mount: American Views., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Education [P.9047.132]

Title: Girard College, general view
Description: Rooftop view showing the main campus of the college constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Trees surround the buildings and line the walkways. 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 and photographer from series list printed on blue paper and pasted on verso with thirty-one other titles (No. 1-31)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Education [P.8731.4]

Title: Girard College, Philadelphia
Description: Rooftop view of campus, including Founder's Hall and eastern and western outbuildings constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Trees surround the buildings and line the walkways. 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 printed 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.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Education [P.9260.92]

Title: Girard College
Description: Exterior view of Founder's Hall 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 printed on mount below image., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Education [P.9117.7]

Title: Girard College
Description: Exterior, oblique view of Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Two men wearing top hats stand in the foreground and other men stand on the stairs or near the 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 from manuscript note in pencil 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.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Education [P.8464.30]

Title: Girard College buildings
Description: Exterior, oblique view of outbuildings near Founder's Hall. 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 on negative., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Education [P.9047.6]

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]

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