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The Philadelphia Physician-Factory – Antique Wall Art

The Philadelphia Physician-Factory, [189-?] — antique lithograph
The Philadelphia Physician-Factory, [189-?]. Antique lithograph 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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The title casts Philadelphia's medical schools as a factory, a figure of speech aimed at the large number of physicians the city turned out in the 1890s. The lithograph appeared in *Puck*, the New York satirical weekly known for its color cartoons. Philadelphia was then a major center of medical training, and critics often questioned whether speed and volume came at the expense of quality. The record gives only a rough date, so the cartoon's specific occasion is uncertain, but its satire fits that debate.

Created / published[189-?]
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
SubjectsIllus. in: Puck, [189-?]. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Medical education; Pa.--Phila.--Misc.; Cartoons, US; Univ. & Colleges (3); Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,026 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134387

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