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Depicts activities at the Army ordnance department in Philadelphia, highlighting the "Ordnance for Victory" exhibition at Wanamaker's. Includes views of ordnance industry workers, particularly women. Contains images of artillery and bombs on display and on parade. Shows the office...
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1942-1945
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Depicts activities at the Army ordnance department in Philadelphia, highlighting the "Ordnance for Victory" exhibition at Wanamaker's. Includes views of ordnance industry workers, particularly women. Contains images of artillery and bombs on display and on parade. Shows the office opened for the department in the Manufacturers and Bankers Building. 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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41 photoprints : silver gelatin |