Laboratory of Hygiene, University of Pennsylvania, circa 1892. By the end of the century, the right wing was expanded to accommodate more than 100 students in the bacteriology laboratory. Later known as Smith Hall, the building was demolished amidst tremendous controversy in the mid-1990s. (American Society for Microbiology Archives)
Individual workplace for student in bacteriology, circa 1925. (Methods and Problems of Medical Education 10th Series, 1928)
Second floor plan, Laboratory of Hygiene and Public Health, circa 1925. Small research rooms presumably were set aside for faculty research while the emphasis clearly was on education. (Methods and Problems of Medical Education 10th Series, 1928)