Description: Riots

Documents damage to Philadelphia stores as a result of the race riot caused by the Philadelphia Transportation Company employee strike.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Philadelphia Record
Language:	English
Published:	1944
Subjects and Genres:	Philadelphia Transportation Company Riots > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Race discrimination > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
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Summary:	Documents damage to Philadelphia stores as a result of the race riot caused by the Philadelphia Transportation Company employee strike. 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:	8 photoprints : silver gelatin