Photo, Print, Drawing View of the Department for Colored Children of the House of Refuge. View of the department for colored children of the House of Refuge
About this Item
Title
- View of the Department for Colored Children of the House of Refuge.
Other Title
- View of the department for colored children of the House of Refuge
Summary
- This print depicts the buildings of the Department for Colored Children of the House of Refuge in Philadelphia, including the girls' dormitories, the girls' dining and sewing rooms, the supervisors' rooms and the main entrance, the boys' dormitories, and the boys' school rooms. A tall brick wall surrounds the rear and sides of the complex of buildings and two men and a boy are seen talking in the foreground. The lithograph is also used as one of a pair of illustrations printed on textile in 1858, as well as the frontispiece to the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the House of Refuge, the other being "View of the Department for White Children of the House of Refuge." Founded in 1828, the House of Refuge was the first institution in Pennsylvania charged with reforming and educating juveniles accused of delinquency and providing an alternative to prison. These buildings, located between Parrish and Brown Streets between 22nd and 24th Streets, opened in 1850.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : P.S. Duval & Son Lithography, 1858.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1858
- - African Americans
- - Children
- - Correctional institutions
- - House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- - Juvenile detention homes
- - Lithographs
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 792"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph on silk ; image 12 x 21 centimeters, on sheet 30 x 24 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Philadelphia on Stone
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670442
Online Format
- compressed data
- image