Title

Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1937. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1937. Vintage linen postcard showing Founder's Hall and the surrounding grounds. Girard College is a private boarding school that opened in 1848. It was financed under provisions contained in the will of the financier Stephen Girard, who was said to be the wealthiest man in the United States when he died in 1831. The building was designed by Thomas Ustick Walter.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Date

2007

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D82_289

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,1Mb (4,1Mb) / 15,7in x 9,9in / 4703 x 2980 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature exterior tree building buildings architecture education plant arts country art school color colour Neo-classical location century Philadelphia Pennsylvania thirties outside portico United States of America United States Architectural Feature 19th century Neoclassical Neoclassicism 1930s 20th century nineteenth century American America USA Neo-Classicism TGN photograph postcard boarding school Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown Stephen Girard Founder's Hall Girard College Stephen Girard Thomas Ustick Walter Thomas U Walter Walter Thomas Ustick Stephen Girard Thomas Ustick Walter photograph postcard