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The "model pharmacy" was built in 1928, to be used as a teaching laboratory for 4th and 5th year students
Founded in 1821, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science was the first college of pharmaceutical sciences in the United States

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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students preparing medicine. Photograph, c. 1933.

Founded in 1821, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science was the first college of pharmaceutical sciences in the United States
The foyer is decorated with six murals which portray the evolution of pharmacy

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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: college foyer, with statue of Lincoln. Photograph, c. 1933.

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

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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: people looking at rocks in glass cases in college museum. Photograph, c. 1933.

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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: pharmacy. Photograph, c. 1933.

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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: two men working in a laboratory. Photograph, c. 1933.

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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: main entrance. Photograph, c. 1933.

A panel ( from a series of six in the college foyer, portraying the evolution of pharmacy), which bears a quote from Lowell: "They must upward still and onward who would keep abreast of the truth"
Founded in 1821, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science was the first college of pharmaceutical sciences in the United States

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

1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; image 18.3 x 23 cm

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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students preparing medicine. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: college foyer, with statue of Lincoln. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: people looking at rocks in glass cases in college museum. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: pharmacy. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: two men working in a laboratory. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: main entrance. Photograph, c. 1933.

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

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students experimenting with plants in a laboratory. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students being taught in a classroom. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students looking through microscopes in a laboratory. Photograph, c. 1933.

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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students preparing medicine. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: college foyer, with statue of Lincoln. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: people looking at rocks in glass cases in college museum. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: pharmacy. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: two men working in a laboratory. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: main entrance. Photograph, c. 1933.

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

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students experimenting with plants in a laboratory. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students being taught in a classroom. Photograph, c. 1933.

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students looking through microscopes in a laboratory. Photograph, c. 1933.

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