About This Item
Title
The front
Subject
Almshouses
Hospitals, Urban
Blockley Almshouse
Philadelphia General Hospital
Photographs
Description
Exterior view of Blockley.
Title from caption.
Creator
Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980
Source
Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 30, photo no. 1
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
between 1904 and 1906
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PGH_30_01
Temporal Coverage
History, 20th Century
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia
Is Part Of
Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980. Blockley photographs
Original Format
1 photograph : sepia
Physical Dimensions
9 x 11 cm
Citation
Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980, “The front,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/816.