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Title: Quadrangle Dormitories of the University of Pennsylvania postcards
Description: Contains images of the dormitories built 1894-1911 after designs by Cope & Stewardson. Includes exterior views of the entrance and views from inside and outside the quadrangle., Contains 13 postcards printed in color and 9 printed in black and white., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., 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: 1900-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [University of Pennsylvania - Dormitories - 163]

Title: [University of Pennsylvania, Provost's Tower dormitory framed by columned archway, 37th Street and Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View through arch of University of Pennsylvania dormitories known as The Quad, or Quadrangle Dormitories. Arch is adorned with ivy, columns, and various decorative architectural elements. In the distance, Provost's Tower is visible. Architectural firm Cope and Stewardson designed the Quad, which was built from 1894 - 1911. It is located between S. 36th St., S. 38th St., Spruce St., and Woodland Ave. That part of Woodland Ave. is now called Hamilton Walk., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: U. of P. Arch and Gate Tower. Dormatory Bldgs. 37" and Woodland. Elizabethian., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 177 [P.8513.177], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson177.htm

Title: [University of Pennsylvania, Quadrangle dormitory, 37th Street and Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts steps leading up to colonnade of Quadrangle dormitory building between Woodland Ave. (today's Hamilton Walk), Spruce St., 36th St., and 38th St. on the University of Pennsylvania campus. The Quadrangle was built between 1894-1911 and designed by architects Cope and Stewardson., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: U. P. West end of Dormatories [sic]. 37" and Woodland., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 131 [P.8513.131], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson131.htm

Title: Views of the House of Refuge, Philadelphia
Description: Views show the House of Refuge site that opened in 1850 between Parrish and Brown Streets between Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth Streets. Exterior views depict the front lawn of the White Boys Department, designed by John McArthur, Jr., facing west and south, showing men and women standing, sitting, and lying on the landscaped lawn near the ivy-covered building. Views includes dogs, flower beds and planters. Another view shows boys in uniform belonging to the drum and flute corps of the brass band standing on the entrance stairs to the five-bay, ivy-covered White Boys Department. Men and boys are visible in the windows on the first floor. Interior views of the White Boys Department depict rows of single beds in the dormitory, the stark wide hallway of the "B" division, the kitchen, and the dining room with long rows of tables covered with place settings in preparation for a meal., Photographer's imprint on versos in decorative font. Includes vignette of painting palette with brushes extending through the hole., Descriptions of images written in manuscript notes on versos., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Chillman, P. E. (Philip Edward), 1841-1915
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Chillman - Prisons [P.9523.1-7]

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