Methodist Episcopal Orphanage, West. Philada. [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Ballinger Company.

Ballinger & Perrot.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphanages--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Belmont Ave., west of City Line Ave. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Methodist Episcopal Orphanage (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Belmont Ave., west of City Line Ave. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Methodist Episcopal Orphanage (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

7 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Contained In:

Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.

Place of Publication:

1910-1920.

Notes:

Title from Ballinger log book.

Ballinger log book 1, p.24-25, appears to list photo numbers for the orphanage, as well as the M.E. Hospital. Orphanage photos include: 22, 77-78, 86-91, 102-104, 108-109, 120-124, 127-130, 1965-1967, and 3475-3477, with documented inclusive dates from Dec. 28, 1903 to Dec. 8, 1920. This collection has only 1965-1967(1914) & 3475-3477(1920), plus an unlisted "995"(ca. 1910). Hospital photos include: 271-276 and 1962-1964, according to the log, cataloged separately.

Local records give the location of the orphanage as Belmont Ave., west of City Line Ave., Phila., and the location of the hospital as South Broad and Wolf Sts., Philadelphia.

Photo 995, which includes two architectural drawings, gives the firm name of Ballinger & Perrot.

Forms part of: Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Ballinger Co.,

OCLC:

947738296