Voter registration

Portrays crowds of black and white Philadelphians in queues to register to vote, paticularly at the City Hall Annex. Depicts members of the registration commission. Shows members and registrars taking oaths of service. Documents the work of investigating committee into voter fraud. Illustrates re...

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: 1927-1946
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245 1 0 |a Voter registration 
260 |a 1927-1946 
300 |a 7 photostats of forms 
300 |a 80 photoprints : silver gelatin 
500 |a Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record. 
520 |a Portrays crowds of black and white Philadelphians in queues to register to vote, paticularly at the City Hall Annex. Depicts members of the registration commission. Shows members and registrars taking oaths of service. Documents the work of investigating committee into voter fraud. Illustrates records impounded for probe. Contains views of locations of illegal registration, especially at dumps, in shantytown, and in the tenderloin. Emphasis is placed on the area of the 2700 block of 4th Street. Depicts attempts by the AFL-CIO and the Roll Call of the Nation campaign to encourage voter registration. Portrays followers of Father Divine trying to register using their spiritual names.  |b Includes stats of registration forms. 
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520 |a 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 
650 4 |a Oaths  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
650 4 |a African Americans  |x Political activity  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia. 
650 4 |a Voter registration  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
650 4 |a Fraud  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
650 4 |a Political participation  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
650 4 |a Lodging houses  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
650 4 |a Squatters  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
650 4 |a Queues  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
651 4 |a 4th Street, 2700 Blk. S. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 
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