Philadelphia Orchestra

Documents activities of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Portrays musicians, conductors (especially Eugene Ormandy), fans, and the Board of Directors. Shows performeances at the Academy of Music, Madison Square Garden, and the Naval Hospital. Highlights crowds seeing the musicians off on a train tour....

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: 1933-1946
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Summary: Documents activities of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Portrays musicians, conductors (especially Eugene Ormandy), fans, and the Board of Directors. Shows performeances at the Academy of Music, Madison Square Garden, and the Naval Hospital. Highlights crowds seeing the musicians off on a train tour. Illustrates children's concerts, including views of the line to purchase tickets and views of the audience. Orchestra festivities depicted are a costume party and a baseball game.
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: 93 photoprints : silver gelatin; 9 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller