View of Sharon Boarding School [graphic] / E.W. Thomas, del.

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View of Sharon Boarding School [graphic] / E.W. Thomas, del.

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Item No: pdcc00016
Title: View of Sharon Boarding School [graphic] / E.W. Thomas, del.
Media Type: Lithographs
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 17:61


Notes:

Sharon Female Seminary (Philadelphia, Pa.)


Notes:

View showing the female boarding school, Sharon Female Seminary, established in 1837 by Hicksite Quakers John and Rachel Jackson at their residence in Darby, later Sharon Hill, Pa. A few girls walk on the tree-lined grounds of the school. The institution provided a curriculum that combined teacher training with a liberal arts education of natural philosophy, chemistry, astronomy, and other sciences. The school closed in the early 1850s and the property was purchased by Sister Cornelia Connelly in 1867 for Holy Child Academy.


Creation Year: ca. 1840
Creator Name: Thomas, E. W. - Artist
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881 - Printer
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881 - Publisher

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