About This Item
Title
Philadelphia Almshouse, 1840
Subject
Almshouses
Hospitals, Urban
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Pictorial Works
Description
Exterior view with Schuykill river in foreground.
Image taken from: Charles Lawrence, History of the Philadelphia Almshouse and Hospitals (1905).
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 29, photo no. 13
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
1840
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_29_13
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Original Format
1 print
Physical Dimensions
20 x 26 cm
Citation
“Philadelphia Almshouse, 1840,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 25, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/814.