Castner Scrapbook v.17, Education 1, page 85

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Castner Scrapbook v.17, Education 1, page 85

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Item No: pdcc03068
Title: Castner Scrapbook v.17, Education 1, page 85
Historic Street Address: SW corner of Locust & South Juniper Streets
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Image 1, left hand side moving toward center: Newspaper article clipping, pasted in columns. This article continues from the previous page, number 84, in volume 17 of the Castner Scrapbook collection. The article shares information about the History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia (today located in Newtown Square, PA and know as Episcopal Academy).  Mention is made of the many teachers and their respective areas of instructional expertise. Both the Society of the Alumni of the Academy and the Academy’s state-of- the-art building at Locust and Juniper Streets in Philadelphia are also discussed.  Printed text from an unidentified publication, 5.5 x 33 c, undated.


Notes:

Image 2, top right: Newspaper clipping featuring a photograph of the chapel of the Protestant Episcopal Academy’s Chapel, as located in the building constructed for the Academy in 1849, and situated at Locust and Juniper Streets, downtown Philadelphia. Stained windows framing a modest altar, rows of pews situated to each side of a center aisle, and a pipe organ are featured in this photograph.  Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 16 x 11 cm, undated.


Notes:

Image 3, bottom right: Photograph of a modest, one-story stone building. Handwritten text accompanying the image reads: “Old School Del[aware] Co[unty] PA.”  Photograph, 8 x 7.5 cm, undated. 


Creation Year: 1845
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.163880
Geocode Latitude:39.948068

Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.17
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler