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  1. GR6.B81.F1 - Print, Photographic

    This is a set of photographs from Chester County Day in Chester Springs and a set of slides from 1972 showing fall and winter scenes of fields and hillsides of Chester Springs; the Reed Farm; two images of the gazebo at Yellow Springs; two images of the Guernsey Cow Restaurant and Sign in Exton.

    Record Type: Photo

  2. RG2.B3.F26 - Print, Photographic

    This is an engraving of Henry Clay by H. R. Longacre from a painting by W. J. Hubard. Clay was a visitor to the Yellow Springs spa prior to the Civil War. It is taken from a book.

    Record Type: Photo

  3. RG2.B3.F27 - Print, Photographic

    This is an engraving of Henry Clay and appears to be taken from a book. It is marked C. Fendrich.del and Fred K. Halpin, sculp. Clay was a visitor to the Yellow Springs spa prior to the Civil War.

    Record Type: Photo

  4. RG3.B11.F35 - Postcard

    Two postcards from the Chester Springs Soldiers' Orphan School. One is of the Gazebo with teachers and the other with children in front of the Main House. Photographers: Horace D. Heistand "Sigman's" Picture Shop

    Record Type: Photo

    Teachers at Orphan School in Gazebo
  5. RG3.B16.1 - Print, Photographic

    This is a long horizontal photograph of a Sixteeners Reunion c. 1922. Sixteeners were graduates of the PA Soldiers' Orphans School.

    Record Type: Photo

  6. RG3.B8.F1 - Print, Photographic

    Two black and white photographs from the Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan School at Chester Springs. One is of the boys' band and battalion drilling next to the barn and the other is a group photo in front of the Boys Dormitory.

    Record Type: Photo

  7. RG3.B8.F2 - Print, Photographic

    These are two photographs of the Revoluntionary War Hospital used as the school for the Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan School at Chester Springs. One shows boys in the picture and the orchards around the building. The other shows boys as well as the covered walkway that connected the school to the dormitory buildings.

    Record Type: Photo

  8. RG3.B8.F3 - Print, Photographic

    This photograph is taken from one of the Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan School Annual Reports. It shows the girls doing their calistheniics drills withdumb bells while a group of people watch. The iron spring gazebo is in the background.

    Record Type: Photo

  9. RG3.B8.F4 - Print, Photographic

    This is a photograph of the old Revolutionary War Hospital used as the school for the Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan School at Chester Springs. Some boys are visible in the photo as are the orchards surrounding the structure.

    Record Type: Photo

  10. RG3.B8.F5 - Print, Photographic

    This is a black and white photograph of a reunion of former orphan students from the Pennsylvania Soldies' Orphan School at Cheste Springs. They are standing as a group in front of the Lincoln Building used as the girls' dormitory. Date unknown.

    Record Type: Photo

  11. RG3.B8.F6 - Photocopy, photographic

    Included is a photocopy of the diploma from the Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan School for student William E. Burkins who graduated on February 16, 1894. He was 16 years of age and had reached the age of completion. Two small photocopied photographs of him are also included.

    Record Type: Photo

  12. RG4.B10.F26A - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photograph shows a model posing on the dam at the PA Academy of the Fine Arts Country School. Students are painting the scene. Some of the women are wearing shorts.

    Record Type: Photo

    Nude on Dam
  13. RG4.B10.F27A - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photograph (silver print) of students sketching near the gazebo at the PA Academy of the Fine Arts Country School.

    Record Type: Photo

    By the Gazebo
  14. RG4.B10.F29A - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photograph of the sculpture class behind the small sculpture studio (Chester Springs Studio today). The students have their sculptures on pedestals and some of the live animal models are shown (a horse and two goats are the ones that are seen). Instructor Albert Laessle is shown in the center foreground.

    Record Type: Photo

    Animal Sculpting
  15. RG4.B11.F15 - Photographs and etchings

    This folder contains a collection of photographs. Some are from prior Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts catalogues showing scenes re the Washington Building. Some are photos of art work by students. They are clipped and with notations and could be pieces used to produce a new catalogue or brochure.

    Record Type: Photo

    Img845
  16. RG4.B20.F1 - Transparency, Slide

    This is a collection of 55 slides given to HYS by Archivist Cheryl Leibold at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on November 12, 2008, when she gave a lecture here. Leibold said that these were duplicate slides from the PAFA collection. They depict the life of the artists at the PAFA Country School at Chester Springs. Included are classes with noted instructors, leisure time and facilities. Several slides are images that are new to our...

    Record Type: Photo

    Life at the Chester Springs Country School
  17. RG4.B20.O.41 - Print, Photographic

    The subject sits at the piano facing outwards. She wears a dark-colored dress, and her hair is in a bun.

    Record Type: Photo

    Frances Brown, "Helen at the Piano"
  18. RG4.B21.C101 - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photograph of a girl playing tennis at the PA Academy of the Fine Arts Country School.

    Record Type: Photo

    Girl playing tennnis
  19. RG4.B21.C102 - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photograph of a painting done at the PA Academy of the Fine Arts Country School. In the painting a man is sitting on a road that eventually leads up to a large building in the background.

    Record Type: Photo

    Painting of man on road
  20. RG4.B21.C103 - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photograph of a painting done at the PA Academy of the Fine Arts Country School. In the painting is a vase holding flowers with a cup sitting to next to it.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph of vase painting

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