Children in basket

Child

African Americans

Blockley Almshouse

Philadelphia General Hospital

Photographs

Four African American children seated in a wicker basket along with one standing behind.

Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980

Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 30, photo no. 19

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.

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

between 1904 and 1906

StillImage

PGH_30_19

History, 20th Century

Philadelphia

Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980. Blockley photographs

1 photograph : sepia

11 x 10 cm