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Friends' Schools

Depicts the exterior of the Byberry Friends School and a school in Washington, D.C. Includes a copy of an 1893 Byberry class portrait. Germantown Friends School images portray football games and spectators, Glee Club productions, art class, and ballet class. Views from Greene Street Friends School...

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: 1930-1946
Subjects and Genres:
Educational buildings
Historical reenactments > Pennsylvania
Quaker church buildings.
Schools
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Summary: Depicts the exterior of the Byberry Friends School and a school in Washington, D.C. Includes a copy of an 1893 Byberry class portrait. Germantown Friends School images portray football games and spectators, Glee Club productions, art class, and ballet class. Views from Greene Street Friends School in Germantown show the building exterior, the playgrounds and students roller skating, painting, using a spinning wheel, and during rest period. Pendle Hill Friends School is illustrated with a barn exterior, a library interior, and scenes of student life like dishwashing, shelling beans, painting shutters, and other images. Westtown School scenes depict camping, outdoor theater, historical re-enactments, and celebrations. Re-enactments show students in period costumes from 1799 performing daily tasks. Includes an aerial view of Westtown's main buildings and an exterior of the meeting house.
These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and
Item Description: Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record.
Physical Description: 41 photoprints : silver gelatin

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