Aerial views showing the campuses of Central High School and La Salle University in the Logan (or Olney) section of Philadelphia. Depicts school and university buildings, as well as row homes in the vicinity of Olney and Ogontz avenues. Central High School was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built 1937-1939., Negative numbers: 19839s, 19841s, 20940n., Negatives 19839s and 19841s dated June 26, 1939., Negative 20940n dated May 12, 1940.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1939-1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8890.19839s; P.8990.19841s; P.8990.20940n]
Exterior view of St. Joseph's College on Stiles Street between 17th and 18th Streets. Built after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang in 1887., Numbered 76 on verso., St. Joseph's College formed in 1851 on the site of the old St. Joseph's Church near 4th Street and Willings Alley. Expanded and moved to the site of the old Evening Bulletin building at Filbert and Juniper Streets in 1856. Moved again to 17th and West Stiles in 1889., Sheet number: 153A04., Divided back. Post marked 1909., 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. 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]
Exterior view of the college and hospital at the southeast corner of 19th and Spring Garden Streets. The college purchased the property in 1916 and commissioned Savery & Scheetz to design additions and alterations., Numbered 21428N on verso., Founded in 1898. Name changed to Philadelphia College of Osteopathy in 1921., Also identified as the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia., Sheet number: 153B03., 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. 1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]
Contains images of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy on North 10th Street above Arch Street. Oldest college of pharmacy in the country, organized in 1821. Includes an exterior view of the front facade of the school building constructed in 1892 and interior views of the library and foyer., Two out of three postcards issued by Artvue Post Card Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y., Sheet number: 153B04., 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
1910-1945
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]
