Castner Scrapbook v.9, Hospitals, Charitable, page 14
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook CollectionItem Info
Source: Print and Picture Collection
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Item pdcc00770, top [image dimensions 12.0 cm x 14.0 cm]:
http://archive.org/stream/centuryafterpict01shin#page/n9/mode/2up
Depicts the interior of a soup-house in which a woman is serving soup to a waiting, hungry crowd at the window opening. Two ladles are shown beside the oven of hot soup. A broom is resting on a bucket beneath the countertop.
Published in A Century after: picturesque glimpses of Philadelphia (1875). By Earl Shinn, 1875.
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Item pdcc00771, bottom [image dimensions 13.0 cm x 14.0 cm]:
http://archive.org/stream/centuryafterpict01shin#page/n9/mode/2up
Depicts a group of poor men, women, and children outside the door of a soup-house.
Published in Earl Shinn's A Century after: picturesque glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania (1875).
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.9
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Louderbach, James W. - Engraver