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Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia – Historic Photograph Print

Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia, 1800 — antique engraving
Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia, 1800. Antique engraving from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia, an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia

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Pennsylvania Hospital, on Pine Street, appears here as it looked in 1800, nearly half a century after its founding. Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond established it in 1751, and it was among the earliest hospitals in the American colonies. William Birch and his son Thomas made this hand-colored engraving for their series of views of the city, which recorded Philadelphia's streets and public buildings around the turn of the nineteenth century. The print is worth a look for its record of the hospital's appearance and of the city's growth around it.

Created / published1800
Medium1 print : engraving, hand-colored.
SubjectsHand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 26. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--P(3); Artists, P.I.; Hospitals; RBD; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,190 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110011

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