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Contains views of the campus at Villanova College. Includes exterior views of St. Thomas Church, the theological seminary and monastery, the grotto, Car Hall, a dormitory, and the auditorium. Highlights the 1928 building fire with scenes of firefighters, crowds, and victims receiving first aid. I...
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1918-1946
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Contains views of the campus at Villanova College. Includes exterior views of St. Thomas Church, the theological seminary and monastery, the grotto, Car Hall, a dormitory, and the auditorium. Highlights the 1928 building fire with scenes of firefighters, crowds, and victims receiving first aid. Includes models of proposed campus buildings. Buildings on the grounds of Villa Maria in Frazer are also depicted. Student activities at Villanova College are shown, particularly the cane parade, flag raising, tree planting, and ivy planting. Displays on electricity, biology, and reaction time are illustrated during a Mother's Day open house. Other images show the 100th anniversity mass with Cardinal Dougherty presiding, the tradition of ringing the bell, students in the field studying coal mines, and the Mendel medal. Sports views portray football games and practices, baseball practice (with team members jogging and swimming), the winning track relay team, and a game sof tug of war. 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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113 photoprints : silver gelatin |