Castner Scrapbook v.9, Hospitals, Charitable, inside front cover
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook CollectionItem Info
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
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Item pdcc00753, top [image dimensions 9.5 cm x 16.8 cm]:
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/pennsylvania-hospital.htm
View of Pennsylvania Hospital behind a brick wall, looking from Eighth Street. The hospital, founded in 1755 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond, was the nation's first.
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Item pdcc00754, middle left [image dimensions 11.0 cm x 14.6 cm]:
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/pennsylvania-hospital.htm
Hand-colored engraving of Pennsylvania Hospital in 1800. Two people are strolling along the sidewalk. A large tree rises from the grounds behind the wall.
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Item pdcc00755, bottom right [image dimensions 7.0 cm x 11.6 cm]:
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/pennsylvania-hospital.htm
Depicts the Pine Building, the first and centre section of the three original buildings of Pennsylvania Hospital. Caption written in pencil below reads: The Pennsylvania Hospital as it appeared about 1769, from a rare print of the period.
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Item pdcc00756, bottom left [image dimensions 8.2 cm x 8.2 cm]:
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/pennsylvania-hospital.htm
Photograph of hospital buildings taken from inside the grounds. Shows trees without leaves.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.155213
Geocode Latitude:39.944217
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.9
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Hoffman, Jacob - Artist