Exterior view of front facade of Old St. Paul's Church on recto, with bulletin on verso, including an invitation to a noon-day service for business men. Church served as the central office of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission in Philadelphia circa 1950., Sheet number: 138B17., Undivided back. Invitation on verso., 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. 1950
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Exterior view of retirement community building constructed 1930-1931., Founded as German Home for the Aged in 1888, became Evangelical Home for the Aged in 1924. Building in image constructed in 1930-31. Became known as the Evangelical Manor in 1962., Sheet number: 138B06., 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. 1950
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Contains images of the Philadelphia Fellowship Commission Building at 260 South 15th Street, originally constructed as the Security Title & Trust Company. Includes an exterior view of the front facade and interior views of the library and auditorium., Sheet number: 138B07., Undivided 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
ca. 1947
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Exterior view of front and flank of hotel looking southwest., Divided back. Post marked 1945. Hotel amenities listed on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1945
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9048.35.1]
Depicts copies of the painting created by John Trumbull circa 1819, showing members of the Second Continental Congress gathered in the East Room of Independence Hall signing the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. John Adams, Robert Sherman, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin stand before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1941-1943
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic events - [P.9049.18 - 19]
Collage of views depicting the hotel and convalescent home at 145 West School House Lane, built as the Louis Adler residence in 1915 after designs by Magaziner & Potter. Depicts an exterior view of the front facade, the garden and lawn, a semi-private room, a sitting room and a patient receiving oxygen., Numbered 3753 on verso., Also identified as the Cedars of Tel Aviv nursing home, started by Rabbi Hiatt. One of the first institutions in the city to offer kosher food to residents., Sheet number: 138A07., Divided back. Description of home on verso., 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. 1948
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Advertisement for McGillin's Old Ale House with text describing history on recto. Also includes an exterior view of the front of McGillin's Old Ale House, inset portraits of its founders, William McGillin and Catherine McGillin and an interior view of the dining area., Sheet number: 117B01B2., Divided back. Post marked 1941., 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. 1941
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]