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Contains views of traffic lights throughout Philadelphia, highlighting lights obscured from the driver's sight. Shows policemen regulating the timing of lights. Portrays children picketing to get traffic lights and stop signs in their neighborhoods. Illustrates the installation of signal lig...
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| Language: | English |
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1937-1946
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Contains views of traffic lights throughout Philadelphia, highlighting lights obscured from the driver's sight. Shows policemen regulating the timing of lights. Portrays children picketing to get traffic lights and stop signs in their neighborhoods. Illustrates the installation of signal light cables and road line markers as well as traffic signs for pedestrians. Depicts new street signs in Philadelphia with emphasis on Lehigh Avenue at 22nd and 28th Streets. Includes signs directing traffic to the stadium for the Army- Navy game in Philadelphia. Also shows signs in Washington, D.C. illustrating changes in street names. Contains views of intersections at 47th and Locust; Cedar and 51st; 9th and Hunting Park; 9th and Wyoming; 10th and dOregon; 39th and Powelton; 44th and Girard; City Line and Belmont; Malvern and 63rd; Tabor and Wagner; 59th and Lansdowne; and Broad and Chew. 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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55 photoprints : silver gelatin |