Photographs, [ca. 1910].

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Photographs, [ca. 1910].

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Consists of eleven photographs and one newspaper clipping relating to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Depicted are a bird's eye view of the hospital, the entrance with an iron gate, front facade, rear facade, front and back doorways, entrance hall showing a lacy fanlight over the doorway, doorway with decorative oval in the pediment and surgical amphitheater visible, view of ward with colonnades, view of surgical amphitheater gallery, view of library, and tympanum tinted glass with central silhouetted group inscribed "Take care of him and I will repay thee."

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Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The Pennsylvania Hospital was established in 1751. The original section of its building was designed by Samuel Rhoads; construction began in 1755. From the description of Photographs, [ca. 1910]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122548463 The Pennsylvania Hospital was founded in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin. Chartered by the Colonial Government, the Pennsylvania Hospital has the distinction of being the first hospital in America to care for the sick...