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Depicts the exteriors of Girard college's main building, new dormitories, and chapel as well as the site at 18th and Passyunk before demolition. Portrays student activities throughout the day with views of showering, ironing, shining shoes, dining, dishwashing, bedmaking, prayer and cleanup du...
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1934-1945
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Depicts the exteriors of Girard college's main building, new dormitories, and chapel as well as the site at 18th and Passyunk before demolition. Portrays student activities throughout the day with views of showering, ironing, shining shoes, dining, dishwashing, bedmaking, prayer and cleanup duties. Shows discussion groups, use of the library, the school newspaper, work in the school foundry and machine shop, farming beans, and chemistry and draftsmanship classes. Depicts cadets during Founders Day ceremonies, and as they are inspected by WAACs. Includes a view of the Valley Forge Military Rifle Team. Contains images of a soda drinking contest, pie eating contest, turtle race, and students fencing, playing zelball, and swimming in the pool. Depicts the interior of the infirmary and the school dentist. Highlights the statue of Girard. Also documents the orphans' visit to the 1939 World's Fair, where they were taught how to operate a lathe. Oversize shows cadets during the Flying Cadet Week Parade. 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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78 photoprints : silver gelatin; 2 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller |