About This Item
Title
Exterior view
Subject
Almhouses
Hospitals, Urban
Gardening
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Photographs
Description
One of the gardens in front of the institution.
Front of image: one of the gardens in front of institution
From: Charles Lawrence, History of the Philadelphia Almshouses and Hospitals, 1905, p. 124. See PGH Box 16 #34.
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 16, photo no. 35
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
ca. 1899
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_16_35
Temporal Coverage
History, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Original Format
1 photograph
Physical Dimensions
20.5 x 25.5 cm
Citation
“Exterior view,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 23, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/774.