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- 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 at North Broad and Green streets. 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
- Old first high school house - Juniper street, Penn Square
- Description
- View showing the first building of the Old Central High School for Boys, the first public high school in the city, built 1837-1838 on Juniper Street between Market and Chestnut streets. Building contained an astronomical observatory tower. Razed in 1853., Title, date, and photographer from accompanying manuscript note by collector., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 59. 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., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See Poulson's scrapbook, vol. 5, p. 13., 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. 101., Arcadia caption text: On October 21, 1838, Philadelphia’s first four-year public school opened with an enrollment of 89 boys. Central High School, located on Juniper Street between Market and Chestnut streets, offered superior courses taught by respected faculty. This photograph was taken in 1853, the year the school sold the site to the Pennsylvania Railroad and began construction of a larger school. The observatory tower visible in the background reportedly had better telescopes than Harvard University.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- [photographed ca. 1853, printed January 1854]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Education [(5)2526.F.59]
- Title
- [Central High School for Boys, South Juniper Street facing Penn Square below Market Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the first building of the Old Central High School for Boys, the first public high school in the city, built 1837-1838 on the Juniper Street between Market and Chestnut streets. Building contained an astronomical observatory tower. Razed in 1853., Attributed to F. De B. Richards., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- [photographed ca. 1853, printed January 1854]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Education [(6)1322.F.115c]
- Title
- Zephaniah Hopper
- Description
- Half-length portrait of the Central High School professor and the "Grand Old Man of Philadelphia Schools." Shows the older, grey-haired Hopper, wearing a beard, wire-rimmed glasses, a bow tie, white shirt, vest, and jacket, looking forward. Hopper served as Professor of Mathematics at Central High School 1854-1913. He also taught at the Artisans' Night School 1869-1897., Title and artist from label on verso listing the 24 portraits exhibited. Includes: 1. Mr. David H. Lane; 2. William H. Staake, Esq.; 3. Mr. Clarence S. Bement; 4. Col. Wm H. Patterson; 5. Mr. Samuel R. Shipley; 6. Abraham L. English, Esq.; 7. Charles Henry Hart, Esq.; 8. Joseph M. Fox, Esq.; 9. Dr. Robert Ellis Thompson; 10. Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow; Mr. D. McN. Stauffer; 12. Mr. Max Rosenthal; 13. Dr. John Yorks; 14. George G. Perie, Esq.; 15. Prof. Zephaniah Hopper; 16. Mr. Garfield M. Rosenthal; 17. Mr. A. R. Kellar; 18. Mr. A. Bryan Wall; 19. Mr. Frederick T. Richards; 20. Mrs. W.; 21. Mrs. R.; 22. Miss S.; 23 Alberta; 24. Mrs. A. R., Manuscript note on verso: Dr. Zephaniah Hopper born Phila. Sept 9, 1824, graduate of 1st class of Central High School. He was a professor of mathematics at CHS for over 50 yrs., Gift of David Doret., Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., See "Architects' Display at the Art Club." Philadelphia Inquirer, January 11, 1903, 11. Copy at repository.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939, artist
- Date
- [1903]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - A-Z - Hopper [P.2017.15.8]
- Title
- New Central High School and La Salle University, Phila., Pa
- Description
- 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]
- Title
- The Central High School of Philadelphia, the controllers of the public schools of the first school district of Pennsylvania, by authority of the Commonwealth granted April 9th, 1849, have this day conferred the degree of Master of Arts
- Description
- Diploma from Central High School of Philadelphia completed to William Stephens for Master of Arts, Feb. 10, 1853 and depicting three vignettes at the top. In the left, shows an allegorical scene with a white woman, attired in a laurel crown, sketching on a pad; an older, white man seated and holding calipers; and three young, white boys looking through a telescope, moving a globe, and sketching or writing on a pad. In the center, shows an exterior view of Central High School at Juniper Street. In the foreground, a white man sits beneath a tree and sketches a statue of Liberty holding a cap and pole. A paint palette and brushes are beside him. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the school. In the right, depicts the coat of arms of Pennsylvania with two horses flanking a crest and an eagle at the top. Central High School was founded in 1836. In 1838, the school building opened at Juniper below Market Street., Title and date from item., Text written on recto: Upon [William Stephens] a graduate of the class of [July 1845] of the Central High School of Philadelphia in consideration of his maintaining an unblemished reputation and of his continued devotion to liberal pursuits since the time of his graduation. In testimony whereof this Diploma has been granted duly by the corporate seal of the Controllers and by the signatures of the President and other officers of the Board and of the Principal and Professors of the School Date Philadelphia [Feb 10th] 18[53]., Signed and witnessed by several individuals, including: D.S Beideman, President; N. Nathans, T.G. Hollingsworth, Harlan Ingram, T.K. Collins, Committee of Controllers; R.J. Hemphill, Secretary; John S. Hart, LLD, Principal; and thirteen professors., Accompanied by a ribbon embossed with the seal of the Controllers of the Public Schools of the First School District [of Philadelphia]., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.47]
- Title
- Central High School, Broad and Green Streets
- Description
- View looking southeast showing the west front and north flank of the second building of the Central High School for Boys (established 1838), the first public high school in the city, built 1853 at the southeast corner of North Broad and Green Streets. Also shows the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem, constructed in 1854 after designs by Collins & Autenreith, situated immediately north of Spring Garden Institute, built 1851-1852 after designs by Stephen Decatur Button at the northeast corner of Broad and Spring Garden Streets., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists forty-one other views in the series (No. 140-180)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Bartlett, George O., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Education [P.2002.21.6]
- Title
- Philadelphia public schools photograph collection
- Description
- Contains photographs and a newspaper clipping showing interior and exterior views of identified and unidentified Philadelphia public schools and school administration buildings, many from construction funded by the Public Works Administration. Includes photographs depicting sculpted architectural ornaments and pencil sketches of proposed sculptures to be installed at the schools. Interior views show an auto shop; classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias, and auditoriums. Also contains five architectural drawings drawn by Philadelphia architect Emil C. Schmidt. Majority of collection lacks photographer's imprint except three views photographed by Philadelphia photographers Samuel H. Oxman and Philip B. Wallace., Views show John Bartram Public High School, 67th Street and Elmwood Avenue; Edward Bok Vocation High School, 8th and Mifflin Streets; Joseph H. Brown Public School, Frankford and Stanwood avenues; Joseph W. Catherine Public School, 66th Street and Chester Avenue; Central High School, Ogontz and Olney Avenues; Dobbins High School, 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue; Robert Fulton Public School, Haines and Germantown Avenues; Girls' High School, Broad and Olney Streets; Delaplaine McDaniel Public School, 22nd and Moore Streets; Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School, 22nd and Brown Streets; Gen. George C. Meade School, 18th and Oxford Streets; Thomas Mifflin School, Conrad and Mifflin Avenue; North East High School, 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue; Philadelphia Board of Education Administration Building, Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 21st Street; William Rowen Public School, 19th and Haines Streets; Southwark Public School, 9th and Mifflin Streets; Stetson Jr. High School, Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue; and Roberts Vaux Public School, 24th and Master Streets. Views of the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School show physically handicapped children, including African Americans, in a music and woodwork class, at recess, and entering a school bus. Dobbins High School views depict decorative works utilized in the school building. Majority of interior views depict interiors at unidentified public schools, including a view of an auto shop class with an African American student. Images of sculpted works include several allegorical figures symbolizing education and industry. Collection also includes a photograph of an architectural drawing of an unexecuted design for the Henry Platt School., Title supplied by cataloger., Thirty-two of images contain negative numbers inscribed in the negative., Twenty-four of images contain dates inscribed in the negative., Majority of images accompanied by manuscript note providing name of school., Schmidt worked for the Philadelphia Board of Public Education and was the chief designer of the Central High School building., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1930-1938]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Education [P.8565-P.8603; P.8886]