Orphans

Portrays children at the Presbtyerian Orphanage playing with dolls, playing jacks, jumping rope, feeding animals, and saying their prayers. Includes images of children at the Southern Home for Destitute Children. Highlights fundraising for the home after a fire. Shows children abandoned by their pa...

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Main Author: Philadelphia Record
Format: Photo
Language:English
Published: 1937-1944
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Summary: Portrays children at the Presbtyerian Orphanage playing with dolls, playing jacks, jumping rope, feeding animals, and saying their prayers. Includes images of children at the Southern Home for Destitute Children. Highlights fundraising for the home after a fire. Shows children abandoned by their parents at a Philadelphia shelter.
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 Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record.
Physical Description: 1 graphic
24 photoprints : silver gelatin