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Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science

Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1969.

Campus, School House Ln. near Henry Ave., Germantown, Philadelphia

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Present campus of America's first textile college. Founded as the Philadelphia Textile School in 1884, it provided needed technical education to improve the manufacture and quality of domestic fabrics.

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1872 · Philadelphia County, City. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Germantown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · The Matthews-Northrup up-to-date map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1901 · Philadelphia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Philadelphia County, City, 1872, covering the location of Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Philadelphia County, City, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science

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