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Title: Girls' Normal School postcards
Description: Contains images of the Philadelphia Normal School for Girls at the northwest corner of 13th and Spring Garden Streets. Built in 1893 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz on the site of Spring Garden Commissioners Hall. Includes exterior views of the building looking northwest and an interior view of the botanical department., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Normal schools trained students to become teachers. The Philadelphia High School for Girls was a normal school until this site opened in 1893., Digitized whith funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Girls Normal - 152]

Title: Mount Saint Joseph Academy postcards
Description: Landscape views of the campus of Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Chestnut Hill, now occupied by Chestnut Hill College. Founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph as a Catholic convent and girls seminary in 1858 on the Joseph Middleton estate. Mount Saint Joseph Female Academy building constructed in 1874. Turned into a day school in 1911. Mount Saint Joseph's moved to Flourtown in 1961., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 153A01B and 153B06A., 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: 1906-1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Roman Catholic High School, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of school built 1886-1890 by Edwin Forrest Durang., The first free non public school in the United States., Sheet number: 153A04., 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 [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Southern Manual Training School postcards
Description: Exterior views of school at South Broad and Jackson Streets, viewed from Broad and Snyder Avenue in these images. Built in 1907 after designs by Lloyd Titus. Became South Philadelphia High School in 1915., Numbered 2327 on recto., Published in Robert Morris Skaler's Philadelphia's Broad Street South and North, (Portsmouth, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 2003), p. 11., Sheet number: 153A05., 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: 1910-1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: William Penn High School for Girls postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade and flank of school facing Mount Vernon Street. Built in 1909 after designs by Henry Decourcey Richards., Sheet number: 153A07., 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. 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Boys' Central High School postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of Boys' High School, built in 1894 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz. Depicts the front of the school from Brandywine Street looking north and from Green Street looking south., Contains 23 postcards printed in color and 14 printed in black and white., Built across the street from the old Central High School, constructed in 1853 and used as an annex until it was condemned in 1937., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Boy's High - 148]

Title: Drexel Institute postcards
Description: Contains images of the main building constructed in 1891 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views of the front facade and main entrance way. Also depicts interior views of the Great Court and museum., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel. Renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1970., 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: 1905-1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Drexel Institute - 149]

Title: Girard College postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of Founder's Hall, also identified as the main building, built 1833-1847 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter., Contains 38 postcards printed in color and 20 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., 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., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10)
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Girard College - 150]

Title: Girls' High School postcards
Description: Exterior views of the front and flank of the school at the northeast corner of 17th and Spring Garden Streets. Built in 1876 after designs by Lewis H. Esler. Girls' High School formerly located on Sergeant Street (built in 1853 after designs by Samuel Sloan) and known as the Girls' Normal School. Changed its name again in 1892 to High School for Girls., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Half of the postcards (3 out of 6) issued by The Rotograph Co., New York., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Girls High - 151]

Title: John Marshall Public School, Frankford, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of school built 1909-1910 after designs by Henry Decourcey Richards. Replaced the Frankford School built in 1842, renamed The Marshall School in 1848 and demolished in 1909., Sheet number: 153B02., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: McClellan Public School, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of original school building (George B. McClellan School Number 1) constructed in 1868 by James Charles Sidney. Additional school building (George B. McClellan School Number 2) constructed on same lot in 1884 after designs by Lewis H. Esler., Sheet number: 153B02., Undivided 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 [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Boys' Central High School postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of Boys' Central High School, built in 1894 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz. Depicts the front facade of the school looking north and south., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9076.18 and P.9490.22., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Education - [P.9076.18 and P.9490.22]

Title: Germantown Academy postcards
Description: Exterior views 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., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 106A02, 106B03 and 106B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Schools - 106]

Title: Chestnut Hill Academy postcards
Description: Contains images of Chestnut Hill Academy, originally built as the Wissahickon Inn in 1883-1884 after designs by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt. Includes a landscape view of the school and an interior view of the swimming pool., Opened as a summer resort by Henry H. Houston. Chestnut Hill Academy occupied the building in 1898., Sheet number: 153B01., 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 [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry
Description: Exterior view of front facade of Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry, originally known as Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded in 1848 and located in the Edwin Forrest Mansion since 1881. Moore Institute and the School of Design merged in 1932. Educational facility constructed as a dwelling in 1853-1854 by Stephen Decatur Button., Sheet number: 153B03., Divided back. Text on verso., 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. 1932
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: [South side of Gordon Street west of 30th Street.]
Description: Depicts a partial view of the Glenwood School at the northwest corner of 30th and Gordon Streets. Includes views of row homes west of the school on Gordon Street and a partial view of a corner store at the southwest corner., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1912., 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. 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: The Settlement Music School postcards
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of the Settlement Music School. Includes a view of a party at the school, with a policeman wearing a basket hat in the foreground., Moved into Queen Street building in 1917., Sheet number: 138B19., Undivided backs. AZO stamp boxes with upward pointing triangles in corners., 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. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb postcards
Description: Contains images depicting the campus of the Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, built circa 1890 by Cope & Stewardson and Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views of Wissinoming Hall and Cresheim Hall, only 2 of 9 buildings on the 35 acre campus around the turn of the century., Institution started by David Sexias in his home, but demand for classes required the school to move to the former Mansion House Hotel building at 11th and Market Streets in 1820. Moved again to Broad and Pine Streets before inhabiting the Mount Airy campus in 1892., Sheet number: 138B15., 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]

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind postcards
Description: Contains images of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, built in 1897 after designs by Cope & Stewardson in West Philadelphia. Depicts exterior views of the front facade, main entrance and detail of entrance archway., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 138A06 and 138B14., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Overbrook High School, 57th and Lancaster Ave. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of school built in 1926 after designs by Irwin Thornton Catharine., Numbered 129861 on verso., Sheet number: 153A02., 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. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Concord School House postcards
Description: Exterior views of school house built in 1775 by Jacob Knor. Created in response to a demand for a English speaking school for upper Germantown families who thought that the Union School (Germantown Academy) was too far away., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9048.107, P.9048.365, P.9048.373, P.9490.18 and P.9512.12., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Education - [various]

Title: Concord School House postcards
Description: Exterior views of school house built in 1775 by Jacob Knor. There was a demand for a closer, English speaking school by upper Germantown families who thought that the Union School (Germantown Academy) was too far away., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 106A01 and 106B02., 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 [Germantown - Schools - 106]

Title: Germantown High School, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of high school built circa 1914 after designs by Henry DeCourcey Richards on land where the Morris-Littell House formerly stood., Numbered 255 on verso., Sheet number: 106A03., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Schools - 106]

Title: St. John's Orphan Asylum postcards
Description: 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]

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: 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. 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: 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: 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, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Union Business College Phila
Description: Shows a classroom of male students, including young boys, at the business school, later renamed Peirce's Business College, at 931 Chestnut street. View also includes a manned registration desk adorned with signage reading "Thomas M. Peirce & Co.," instructors, a gallery, and chandeliers., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 110., Arcadia caption text: This crowded classroom at the Union Business College, located on the 900 block of Chestnut Street, shows young men and boys studying while instructors look on. Thomas May Peirce founded this practical business school months after the Civil War ended to prepare former soldiers for employment. While this c. 1873 scene shows only male students, the college also designed a Ladies Department for women seeking work in the business world. Renamed Peirce College, the school still operates today., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: ca. 1872
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.2004.11]

Title: School house of St. Marks. Church Locust St. Philada
Description: Shows the attached school of the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. View includes an ironwork fence in the foreground., Photographer, title, and date from manuscript note on accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 103., Arcadia caption text: The parish school of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church opened in January 1850, only three months after the church held its first service. Built on the western end of the church lot in the Tudor Gothic tradition after the designs of John Notman, the parochial school served the underprivileged members of the community around 1625 Locust Street until the eve of World War I. This view dated c. 1859 shows the L-shaped schoolhouse’s steep roofs and tower with battlements and cross., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Religion [(8)1322.F.91a]

Title: Convent of the Sacred Heart, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing several nuns and female students in front of the convent and boarding school, also known as Eden Hall, built 1849-1850 after the designs of Frank Wills, at 4800 Grant Avenue in Torresdale. Several students wear white gowns, possibly habits., Title printed on mount., Photographer from embossed stamp., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [1322.F.69a]

Title: Convent of the Sacred Heart, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing several nuns and female students in front of the convent and boarding school, also known as Eden Hall, built 1849-1850 after the designs of Frank Wills, at 4800 Grant Avenue in Torresdale. Several students wear white gowns, possibly habits., Title printed on mount., Photographer from embossed stamp., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [1322.F.69a]

Title: At dinner, Girard College, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of the dining hall, showing boys seated at rows of long rectangular tables ready to eat their dinner on the tables in front of them., Title on negative., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including St. Louis and Liverpool, Eng., Distributor's imprint on mount., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Education [P.9047.121]

Title: Girard College with statue of Stephen Girard
Description: View showing the front foyer 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. View includes the statue installed in front of the sarcophagus holding Girard's remains located in the foyer. 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.", Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label on verso., 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 [P.8464.14]

Title: [John Mundell & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for John Mundell & Co.'s solar tip shoes manufactured in Philadelphia. One illustration, labeled "Girard College Philada, where 200 boys wear our solar tip shoes," depicts a small group of girls watching a large group of boys playing ball on the lawn in front of Founder's Hall, Girard College. A marching band passes through in the background. Also shows two scenes, "The foolish man" depicting a flustered father surrounded by bills and upset children wearing worn shoes juxtaposed with "The wise man" who purchased solar tip shoes and is surrounded by happy, smiling children. Girard College, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter and constructed between 1833-1847, 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., Printers and engravers include E. Ketterlinus & Co. (Philadelphia)., Advertising text printed on versos includes John Mundell & Co.'s trademark and promotes solar tip shoes., Distributor's imprint printed on verso of P.9806: At wholesale by McKee & Branham, Indianapolis, Ind., Distributors' imprints printed on verso of P.9800: wholesale dealers, Dunn, Salmon & Co., Syracuse, N.Y.; sold at retail by M.E. Aldrich, Philadelphia, N.Y., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mundell [P.9800 & P.9806]

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