About This Item
Title
Exterior views
Subject
Almhouses
Hospitals, Urban
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Photographs
Description
Unidentified building.
Back of image: Possibly private home on PGH property
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 2, photo no. 4
Philadelphia General Hospital was originally part of the Philadelphia Almshouse, which was founded in 1731 for the city’s poor, elderly and indigent. Nicknamed “Old Blockley,” because of its location in Blockley Township of West Philadelphia, the hospital was renamed Philadelphia General Hospital in 1919. The hospital eventually closed in 1977. The images in this collection have been compiled from a number of sources but appear to be predominantly from the personal photo albums of attending physicians.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1888
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_2_4
Temporal Coverage
History, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Is Part Of
Bower, John L. (John Lincoln), 1865-1955. Bower album
Original Format
1 photograph : albumen print, sepia
Physical Dimensions
9 x 12.5 cm
Citation
“Exterior views,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 26, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/637.