About This Item
Title
Patients, Children
Subject
Scarlet Fever
Convalescence
Child
Play and Playthings
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Photographs
Description
Back of image: 14153 (PGH-54) convalescents scarlet fever playing 7/20/1917
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 16, photo no. 37
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
1917 July 20
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_16_37
Temporal Coverage
History, 20th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Original Format
1 photograph
Physical Dimensions
20.5 x 25.5 cm
Citation
“Patients, Children,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/775.