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Documetns industrial work at several Westinghouse plants, including locations in Chester, at the Lester branch, and at 30th Street. Depicts the manufacture of generators, transformers, gears, and turbines. Shows machinists operating lathes, cutting steel plates and blades, mounting dials, and usin...
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1928-1946
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Documetns industrial work at several Westinghouse plants, including locations in Chester, at the Lester branch, and at 30th Street. Depicts the manufacture of generators, transformers, gears, and turbines. Shows machinists operating lathes, cutting steel plates and blades, mounting dials, and using a sealing machine. Portrays drafters. Contains images of employees dsuring the 4:00pm milk break, workers in safety cloths, and handicapped workers. Documents union meetings, a strike vote, children picketing in support of their parents, and a motorcade through Philadelphia. Includes views of a mobile employment office and a mobile unit demonstrating power transmission to the home. Includes award ceremonies and official inspections. Portrays finalists in science scholarship searches. Illustrates flashes generated at the high voltage laboratory. These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and |
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Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record. |
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101 photoprints : silver gelatin |