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Contains miscellaneous views of buildings in Philadelphia. Includes Penn Square and sites on Broad Street, Locust Street, and Walnut Street. Office buildings highlighted are the Architects Building, Commonwealth Building, the old Library Company, Mechanics Insurance Company, Methodist Building, Odd...
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[ca. 1900]-1942
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Contains miscellaneous views of buildings in Philadelphia. Includes Penn Square and sites on Broad Street, Locust Street, and Walnut Street. Office buildings highlighted are the Architects Building, Commonwealth Building, the old Library Company, Mechanics Insurance Company, Methodist Building, Odd Fellows Hall, Reformed Church Building, Trades Mart Building, U.S. Appraisers Stores, Twitchell House, Widener Building, Bingham Hotel, and the Y.M.C.A. in Germantown. Also depicts the old Trinity Church, the Acacia fraternity house, the Columbia Club, and the Embassy Club. Many structures are shown as architectural renderings. 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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3 graphics 30 photoprints : silver gelatin; 2 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller |