Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: two panels from the six murals which decorate the college foyer. Photograph, c. 1933.

Date:
c. 1933
Reference:
30218i
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Description

Founded in 1821, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science was the first college of pharmaceutical sciences in the United States

Two panels ( from a series of six in the college foyer, portraying the evolution of pharmacy), which bear a quote from Pasteur: "Laboratories - there it is that humanity grows greater stronger better"

Publication/Creation

c. 1933.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; image 10.7 x 23 cm

Lettering

A mural in the college foyer. ... The lettering is hand-written onto the surface of the photograph. The back of the photograph bears a stamp which reads: "The Photo-illustrators 1206 Walnut St. Phila., Pa. Commercial Photographers" Lettering cont: (below the left-hand panel) "The growth of manufacturing in pharmacy 1870. The two portraits are Remington-Squibb" (below the right-hand panel) "The pharmeceutical manufacturing laboratory of 1932"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 30218i

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