Exterior view of north front of dwelling built in 1810 for faculty of Germantown Academy. Identified in some sources as the residence of James Matthew. Also depicts two men riding past the house on bicycles., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.33]
Exterior view of front facade of house. Includes John Harris's furniture shop which occupies the ground floor of 5114 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue)., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
March 19, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.14]
Exterior view of east fronts of the adjoining houses. Includes the furniture shop of John Harris which occupies the ground floor of 5114 Main Sreet (i.e. Germantown Avenue). Wooden chairs and tables sit near the entrance to the shop., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.126]
Exterior view of front facade of house set back from the street and surrounded by bare trees., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Also identified as the William Wynn Wister House.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.15]
Exterior view of front facade of dwelling once home to Philip R. Freas, who established the Village Telegraph (i.e. Germantown Telegraph) in 1830. His office was in the small building next door. Edward Albert's produce shop occupies the old dwelling in this photograph. Includes Samuel Gordon's boot shop at 5149 1/2 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue). Pedestrians browse the shops along the block., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative January 30, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.16]
Exterior view of front facade of dwelling. Known as the birthplace of Owen Wister, a famous author. His family resided here circa 1860 while his family's home was being constructed at 5253 Main Street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
January 28, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.17]
Exterior view of front facade of former Indian Queen Inn, opened in 1809 by Michael Riter. Image includes Finninger's Ice Cream and Fancy Cakes which occupies the store front at 5242 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue)., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.21]
Exterior view of west front and north side of Grumblethorpe, house built in 1744 by Philadelphia wine merchant John Wister. His house was the first in Germantown built solely for summer residency and greatly exceeded the dimensions of the homes around it, giving it the nickname "Wister's Big House.", Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative April 20, 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.22]
Exterior view of front facade of the Clarkson-Watson House, built circa 1745 for Matthew Clarkson, a merchant and mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph stayed here during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The Bank of Germantown occupied the property from 1825 to 1869. John Fanning Watson, author of Annals of Philadelphia, also lived here. Includes a partial view of the neighboring business at 5275 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue) owned by Chas. M. Stefken., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
January 30, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.24]
View of the south flank and east front of the Sower House, built in three stages: the rear ell circa 1723, the front section circa 1755 and the union of these two sections circa 1795. Owned by the Sower (Sauer) family, who purportedly created the first type cast in America in the basement of this house in 1772-73. Owned by the Trinity Lutheran Church since 1836 and used as a church house since 1950., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.25]
Exterior view of east front of dwelling of Captain Albert Ashmead, built before 1796. Albert's grandfather, William Ashmead, manufactured Germantown wagons in the rear of the property. Main house was used as a show room and was later turned into residence after Albert Ashmead's marriage. Includes a banner hanging in between 5430 and 5434 Main Street ( i.e. Germantown Avenue), advertising John A. Foley's Manheim Stables & Riding Academy at 5434 Main Street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.26]
Exterior view of east front of residence of William Ashmead, built in 1740 and later owned by his son John Ashmead. Image depicts the site when it was under the ownership of the Manheim Stables & Riding Academy, and contains a partial view of a banner advertising the stables and academy., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.27]
Exterior view of east front of house built circa 1790. Purchased by merchant and philanthropist Thomas Armat in 1807. Armat resided here until his death in 1831. His family owned the property until 1841. The home was later occupied by Dr. William Ashmead., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Thomas Armat was one of the founders of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and donated the land on which the church was built. He also had Loudoun constructed for his only son, Thomas Wright Armat in 1801.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.30]
Exterior view of west front of the 18th-century residence converted into a storefront. Hats are displayed in the storefront. Includes a partial view of display in Sample Shoe's adjoining storefront., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.44]
Exterior view of west front and south side of tavern built in 1748 by Daniel and Sarah Pastorius adjacent to the homestead of his grandfather Francis Daniel Pastorius. Includes partial views of properties north of the old tavern. Building was moved north in 1930 for the expansion of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Germantown and used as church offices. Also known as the Saddler's Arms, The Hornet's Nest, and Mackinett's Tavern., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative April 6, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.52]
Exterior view of west front of house built by Dirck Keyser, a Mennonite preacher and silk merchant who immigrated from Amsterdam in 1688. Demolished in 1950 for a supermarket., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
April 20, 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.67]
Exterior view of west front of house, including a partial view of the front facade of 6307 Main Street ( i.e. Germantown Avenue)., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Identified by some sources as the Dorsey House.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
January 30, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.77]
Depicts the monument commemorating the Battle of Germantown in Vernon Park, flanked by benches and an old willow in the background, looking toward Germantown Avenue. Horse-carts, automobiles and pedestrians line the street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.73]
Exterior view of the Branchtown Hotel built by Joseph Spencer in 1790, opposite the dwelling built by him in 1748., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative February 21, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.109]
Exterior view of the stone outbuilding in the rear of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Shows the staircase leading to the doorway of the ivy-covered outbuilding. The Johnson property is divided by a stone wall. In the background, behind the wall, depicts two four-story, brick apartment buildings. John Johnson resided in the house during the Battle of Germantown. The dwelling sustained damage including a hole in the parlor door caused by a cannon ball and a chipped corner. It served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The Johnson family owned the house until 1908. The Woman's Club of Germantown purchased the house in 1917, and in 1980, gifted the house and its contents to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust to operate as a house museum. In 2002, the deed of ownership was transferred to the Johnson House Historic Site, Inc., Slide number 77., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Date inferred from content., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.72]
Exterior view of dilapidated dwelling, surrounded by weeds at the northeast corner of Old York Road and Church Lane. Built in 1746 by Joseph Spencer, purchased by Dr. Benneville in 1758 and named "Silver Pine Farm" by Benneville's son., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative February 21, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.108]
Depicts large industrial buildings with smoke stacks on the opposite bank of the canal near Bridgeport, below Norristown, Pennsylvania. Telegraph poles line the canal in the distance and trees and shrubs are in leaf in the foreground., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.177]
Exterior view of front facade and north side, including a man walking in front of the house. For sale sign posted underneath first floor window. Built 1794-1803 and occupied by Commodore James Barron from 1839 to 1845 while he was in command of the Philadelphia Naval Yard., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.13]
Exterior view of the north front of the Carlton Mansion, taken from the east. Purportedly named after an English castle inhabited by Queen Elizabeth I. The original house was destroyed by the British in 1777 but rebuilt in 1780 by Isaac Tustin. Served as Washington's Headquarters for a few weeks before and after the Battle of Brandywine. Purchased by Cornelius S. Smith in May of 1840 and later bequeathed to his children., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Also known as the Carlton-Smith Mansion.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
January 30, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.115]
Exterior view of the north front of the Carlton Mansion, taken from the west. Purportedly named after an English castle inhabited by Queen Elizabeth I. The original house was destroyed by the British in 1777 but rebuilt in 1780 by Isaac Tustin. Served as Washington's Headquarters for a few weeks before and after the Battle of Brandywine. Purchased by Cornelius S. Smith in May of 1840 and later bequeathed to his children., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Also known as the Carlton-Smith Mansion.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
January 30, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.114]
Exterior view of the Pennsylvania Railroad's original Chelten Avenue Station looking north along the tracks. Includes two men working on the tracks. Image taken before the old station was razed in 1916., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.130]
Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. On the grounds in the right is a portrait bust sculpture on a pedestal. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Slide number 92., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
[ca. 1913]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.88]
Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative April 10, 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.87]
Depicts the stone dwelling of Christopher Ludwig sitting very close to the dirt road. Ludwig was appointed Baker General to the American Army in 1777., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.113]
Depicts the bell tower of Independence Hall looking west. Constructed from 1750 to 1753, about ten years after Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley built the original portion of the building. Bell tower reconstructed by William Strickland in 1828. The mansard roof of the original Public Ledger building is visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.174]
Shows the side of the one-room school house completed in 1775 near the Upper Burying Ground at 6309 Germantown Avenue. View includes a tree adorned with a plaque identifying the school in the foreground. The school, built from subscription funds to educate the citizens of the upper end of Germantown, was altered to include a second floor in 1818 to accommodate town meetings., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Printed on mount: Plate Hammer; Developer Ortol.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.79]
Exterior view of front facade of house built circa 1755 and known successively as the Conyngham, Wister and Hacker House. Also served as the headquarters of the Germantown Historical Society., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Also known as the Old Fisher House.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.19]
Exterior detail of front doorway. An ornate iron fence is visible in the foreground. Residence built by the Reverend Samuel Blair for his son Samuel Blair, Jr. in 1806. John Button, manufacturer of hosiery and owner of the Germantown Hosiery Mills, owned the property from 1835 until his death in 1882. His grandson Priestly owned the house until 1912, when Dr. Richard Deaver purchased it. Demolished in 1935., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Also known as the Blair-Button-Deaver House.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
February 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.65]
Exterior detail of front doorway of house built by John Keyser before the Revolution. Reverend John Rodney, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in the middle of the 19th century, later occupied the house., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative April 1, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.85]
Exterior detail of the first floor, entrance doorway and the second floor doorway that opens onto the balcony. Dwelling built for Thomas Shoemaker 1733-1739. Thomas Livezey bought the property, including a grist mill, from Shoemaker in 1747 and named it Glen Fern. In 1909 became the Valley Green Canoe Club., Slide number 129., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
February 15, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.122]
Exterior detail of front doorway of Stenton. Built 1728-1734 by James Logan. The house remained in the Logan family until the early 20th century when the city acquired the property in 1910., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Also known as the Logan House.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative January 30, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.128]
Exterior detail of doorway of dwelling constructed for James Matthews in two stages between ca. 1741 and 1805. The Wister Family purchased the property in 1812 and John Wister, president of Duncannon Iron Co., lived in the house until shortly before his death in 1900. Housed Germantown Branch of the Free Library 1898- 1907 and the Site and Relic Society (i.e. Germantown Historical Society) 1907-1927., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
April 1, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.42]
Exterior detail of front door, formerly part of the Bensel House, which was demolished for the construction of the Germantown Saving Fund. Blair House, built circa 1750, was purchased by Dr. William Shippen as a summer residence in 1775. Dr. Samuel Blair, Shippen's son-in-law and president of Princeton University , also lived here., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Also identified as the Shippen-Blair House and The Laurens.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.63]
Exterior detail of the front doorway of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Shows the front door with “6306” at the top and flanked by shuttered windows. A shingled awning covers the entrance. John Johnson resided in the house during the Battle of Germantown. The dwelling sustained damage including a hole in the parlor door caused by a cannon ball and a chipped corner. It served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The Johnson family owned the house until 1908. The Woman's Club of Germantown purchased the house in 1917, and in 1980, gifted the house and its contents to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust to operate as a house museum. In 2002, the deed of ownership was transferred to the Johnson House Historic Site, Inc., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.75]
Exterior view of stone barn in the rear of the property at the southwest corner of Germantown Avenue and School House Lane. Dr. George Bensell erected a residence on the site of Jacob Tellner's dwelling in 1795. Although this residence was torn down in 1880, Bensell's barn survived in the rear of the property. Germantown Saving Fund occupied the building at the front of the property at the time of this photograph., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.31]
Exterior view of southeast front and west side of house originally constructed by Daniel Francis Pastorius in 1696. The house was moved in 1851 to make way for the construction of High Street. Dr. William R. Dunton later occupied the house in the 1860s and the property was moved again, this time to 25 High Street for the construction of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Germantown., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
February 14, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.51]
Depicts a guard standing near a guard-house (left), next to Wissahickon Drive, a wide dirt road shaded by large trees. The stone arches of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge is visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
1914
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.138]
Exterior view of west front of the Butler Mansion, purchased by publisher Edgar H. Butler in 1856 and enlarged to include the portico and conservatory. The property was originally owned by Peter Rose, but the old homestead was torn down and the new one (depicted in the image) was constructed by Frederick Seckel ca. 1840. Demolished in 1914 for the construction of Germantown High School., Slide number 52., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.47]
Depicts the front entrance columns preceding the entrance drive to the Jewish Hospital, facing Tabor Road. The columns were taken from the old United States Mint building at the northwest corner of Chestnut and Juniper Streets before it was demolished in 1902. The Chapel of the Jewish Hospital, built after designs by Magaziner & Potter circa 1912, can be seen in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative March 31, 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.107]
Depicts the Fairmount Water Works from the south. Built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Frederick Graff, Jr., later altered and expanded the waterworks with the help of Philadelphia engineer, Henry P.M. Birkinbine., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.140]
Exterior view of front facade of hotel built between 1780 and 1785. Building enlarged and gambrel roof installed in 1866. John B. Maxwell proprietor of hotel when this photograph was taken., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.10]
Exterior view 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., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.32]
Shows several students departing from Germantown High School built 1915 after the designs Henry Decourcey Richards at 5901 Germantown Avenue. The 3 1/2 story brick building contained 65 classrooms, an auditorium, gymnasium, infirmary, and library., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title and date inscribed on mount., Slide number: 55., Decourcey, a school architect, was chief draftsman for the Board of Public education circa 1906-1919.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
January 1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.50]
