Castner Scrapbook v.17, Education 1, page 65

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Castner Scrapbook v.17, Education 1, page 65

Item Info

Item No: pdcc03048
Title: Castner Scrapbook v.17, Education 1, page 65
Historic Street Address: 118-128 N. Broad Street
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Item 1, entire page:  Detailed article (continued from the previous item, #pdcc03047) about the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), established in 1805, making it the country's oldest functioning museum and school of fine arts. This page is accompanied by an image of its second building, located on the southwest corner of Broad and Cherry Streets. This Second Empire style building was constructed between 1871 and 1876, after designs by Frank Furness and George Hewitt.  Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 21 x 16 cm, undated.


Creation Year: 1845
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.163476
Geocode Latitude:39.955615

Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.17
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912 - Architect
Hewitt, George Watson - Architect