View showing the original building, later named Parrish Hall, of the college founded by Hicksite Quakers in 1860 and opened in 1869. In the foreground, a dirt road runs past the college. Parrish Hall, named for first president Edward Parrish, contained a library, geological museum, classrooms, a chemical laboratory, parlors, dining-room, kitchen, and student rooms. The cornerstone was laid 1866 and the building completed after the designs of Addison Hutton., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00028, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 247, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 27A:41
Creator
Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, artist
Date
[ca. 1869]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 27A:41
Aerial view of the Swarthmore College campus. Buildings depicted include Parrish Hall, which was rebuilt in 1890 after a fire destroyed the original in 1881, and the Sproul Observatory. The co-educational college was founded in 1864 by the Society of Friends. Railroad tracks and a road with automobiles run along the edges of the campus. A water tower and residences are visible in the distance., Negative number: 2869.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2869]
Aerial views of the Swarthmore College campus. Buildings depicted include Parrish Hall, which was rebuilt in 1890 after a fire destroyed the original in 1881, and the Sproul Observatory. The co-educational college was founded in 1864 by the Society of Friends. Residences are visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 7102, 7103, 7104.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1927
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7102; P.8990.7103; P.8990.7104]
