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Photo, Print, Drawing Stereographs of academies and colleges in Philadelphia, Pa.

About this Item

Title

  • Stereographs of academies and colleges in Philadelphia, Pa.

Summary

  • Photographs by various photographers show educational facilities at the University of Pennsylvania, the Academy of Fine Arts, Girard College, the Academy of Music, and Jefferson Medical College. Also, two stereos depicting building designs for the Academy of Natural Sciences; students attending class at Union Business College; the lecture room at "Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery."

Names

  • Beaman, E. O. (Elias Olcott), 1837-1876, photographer
  • Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909, photographer
  • Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909, publisher
  • Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
  • Carson, Marian S., collector
  • Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • ca. 1860-1925.

Headings

  • -  Universities & colleges--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1860-1930
  • -  Educational facilities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1860-1930

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1860-1930.
  • Halftone photomechanical prints--Color--1860-1930.
  • Stereographs--1860-1930.

Genre

  • Stereographs--1860-1930
  • Albumen prints--1860-1930
  • Halftone photomechanical prints--Color--1860-1930

Notes

  • -  Photographers include Bartlett & Smith, E.O. Beaman, Frederick Gutekunst, and B.W. Kilburn.
  • -  Publishers include James Cremer, De Young's Palace Dollar Store, and John Trenwith, B.W. Kilburn.
  • -  Brief captions on the front and back of each stereograph.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105).
  • -  Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 19 photographic prints on stereo cards : stereograph, albumen ; 11 x 18 cm or smaller.
  • 1 photomechanical print on stereo card : halftone, stereograph, color ; 9 x 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13587 (S) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Carson, Marian S. Visual materials from the Marian S. Carson collection

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004667088

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
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  • Call Number: LOT 13587 (S) [P&P]
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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Kilburn, B. W. , Publisher, Marian S Carson, and Marian S. Carson Collection, Beaman, E. O, B. W Kilburn, and Frederick Gutekunst, photographer. Stereographs of academies and colleges in Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia Pennsylvania, ca. 1860. to 1925. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004667088/.

APA citation style:

Kilburn, B. W., Carson, M. S. & Marian S. Carson Collection, Beaman, E. O., Kilburn, B. W. & Gutekunst, F., photographer. (ca. 1860) Stereographs of academies and colleges in Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia Pennsylvania, ca. 1860. to 1925. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004667088/.

MLA citation style:

Kilburn, B. W. , Publisher, Marian S Carson, and Marian S. Carson Collection, photographers by Beaman, E. O, B. W Kilburn, and Frederick Gutekunst. Stereographs of academies and colleges in Philadelphia, Pa. to 1925. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2004667088/>.