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Quaker Almshouse

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Item No: pdcc00777
Title: Quaker Almshouse
Historic Street Address: 312 Walnut Street
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Half of a stereoscopic view of the Quaker Almshouse taken by notable Philadelphia photographer James Cremer. The cottage, erected 1713,  was one of several small houses built to accomodate poor members of the Society of Friends. It was torn down in 1876. A seated woman sits posing in front of the house.


Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.147221
Geocode Latitude:39.946799

Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.9
Creator Name: Cremer, James, 1821-1893 - Photographer
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler