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George A. Foreman Philadelphia Transportation Company photograph and ephemera album, 1939-1941 [Volume 8]

Volume 8 [formerly Volume 104]:
The date range of the volume appears to be 1939 to 1941, and many of the pages are entitled “PTC Elevated & Subway Views.”   There are numerous posed/portrait photos of PTC employees taken by Charles Martini, including photographs of waitre...

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Main Author: George A. Foreman, 1881-1950 (Creator)
Collection:George A. Foreman scrapbooks on Philadelphia Transportation Company (#3267)
Date:1939-01-01/1941-12-31
Dimensions:16 x 10.5 cm
Call Number:3267
Volume Number:Volume 8 [formerly 104]
Format: Electronic
Subjects and Genres:
Mass transit
Photograph albums
Photograph collections
Public transportation
Work environment
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Scrapbooks
Clipping
Ephemera
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13915
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Summary: Volume 8 [formerly Volume 104]:
The date range of the volume appears to be 1939 to 1941, and many of the pages are entitled “PTC Elevated & Subway Views.”   There are numerous posed/portrait photos of PTC employees taken by Charles Martini, including photographs of waitresses at The Tasty Inn, the restaurant at the 69th Street Terminal.  Also included are photographs of a car fire in the 69th Street Terminal parking lot; of the first double-decker buses to be used for Walnut Street routes on display in the 69th Street lot; and of views of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station (“B&O Station”) at 24th and Chestnut Streets, designed by Frank Furness.

Names listed:
Wood, Herbert; Donnelly, Richard; Crilley, John; Leadbetter, George; Yoder, Amos; Stokes, Robert; Zeirt, William; Ziegler, Ellwood; Black, Charlie; Keely, Harry; Karnbach Ross; Weber, John L.; Dodson, Grace; Donnelly, Raymond; Rogers, Matthew; Hodges, Harry; Jones, Charles; Barth, Walter.

Places listed:
69th Street Terminal; Front Street; Berks Street; Baltimore & Ohio RR Station.

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