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Documents ceremonies to lay the cornerstone for the Glenolden Public Library. Also reproduces an etching by Thornton Oakley of the library room at the Athenaeum. Depicts the exterior of the Apprentice Free Library. Includes an interior view of a law library and views of an open air library in Wash...
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1933-1944
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Documents ceremonies to lay the cornerstone for the Glenolden Public Library. Also reproduces an etching by Thornton Oakley of the library room at the Athenaeum. Depicts the exterior of the Apprentice Free Library. Includes an interior view of a law library and views of an open air library in Washington Square. Shows the Library Company moving into the Locust Street building as well as rear pieces from their collections. Also shows the Ridgeway Library on Broad and Christian Streets. 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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1 graphic 20 photoprints : silver gelatin; 1 oversize photoprint |