City Hall

Contains interior and exterior views of Philadelphia's City Hall and the surrounding grounds. Highlights the city hall tower, architectural details, night views, and views from the top. Documents cracks and other damage to the building and restorative work by the WPA, including cleaning, pain...

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: 1929-1946
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Online Access:Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue (Name Index)
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Summary: Contains interior and exterior views of Philadelphia's City Hall and the surrounding grounds. Highlights the city hall tower, architectural details, night views, and views from the top. Documents cracks and other damage to the building and restorative work by the WPA, including cleaning, painting, sweeping, and other projects. Interior scenes depict the elevator, jail cells and other features. Exterior images include views of bird feeding at Reyburn Plaza, the electric welcome sign advertising municipal activities, political campaign posters, national guard maneuvers, the Christmas tree, nearby statues, vendors in the courtyard, the delivery of bottled water, homeless sleeping and courtship at the "dating deck." Also illustrates rationing efforts during the war years.
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
Item Description: Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.
Physical Description: 1 graphic
189 photoprints : silver gelatin; 7 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller