Frontispiece signed: Lehman & Bolton Phila. Lithograph titled "Oakland Female Institute" depicts an exterior view of the institute and tree-covered grounds. Students stroll on the lawn and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the property. A horse-drawn buggy and a passenger train of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad passes in the foreground. The institute was established in 1845 and underwent major renovation and enlargement 1852-1855., Title and text printed inside ornamental borders., In printed paper wrapper., Library Company copy wanting the back wrapper., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 157
Creator
Oakland Female Institute (Norristown, Pa.)
Date
[1877]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1877 Oakland 50704.O .6