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George A. Foreman Philadelphia Transportation Company photograph and ephemera album, 1877-1949 [Volume 13]

Volume 13 [formerly Volume 122]:
The date range of this volume is 1877 to 1949 with the bulk being 1940 to 1949.  The item from 1877 is a handwritten poem by Maggie A. Brady apparently from the album of Martha Albright.  There are also numerous photos and newspaper clippings from

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Main Author: George A. Foreman, 1881-1950 (Creator)
Collection:George A. Foreman scrapbooks on Philadelphia Transportation Company (#3267)
Date:1877-01-01/1949-12-31
Dimensions:16 x 10.5 cm
Call Number:3267
Volume Number:Volume 13 [formerly 122]
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/13970
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Summary: Volume 13 [formerly Volume 122]:
The date range of this volume is 1877 to 1949 with the bulk being 1940 to 1949.  The item from 1877 is a handwritten poem by Maggie A. Brady apparently from the album of Martha Albright.  There are also numerous photos and newspaper clippings from The Evening Bulletin regarding Dorothy E. Williams, the “first woman El motorman in the history of the Philadelphia Transportation Company.”  Additionally, there are photos and correspondence dated 1942 to 1946 of Master Sergeant Frederick A. Young, a PTC colleague who served in the Pacific theater.  Finally, there are articles and photographs of Charles Boileau, a retired employee who died in 1949 at 105.

Names listed: 
Ziert, William M.; Conlin, John; Collison, Clifford J.; Cloud, Naomi; Clark, Jasper J.; Brill, Joseph; Bremser, Charles A.; Burkhardt, Emma; Breish, Jackson; Brady, James J.; Brady, James Paul; Brady, Maggie A.; Bratt, Helen; Breeding, H.F.; Breeding, John P.; Boyle, Ed; Boyle, George; Boileau, Charles; Blackley, James H.; Battin, Anna M.; Barth, Walter; Barclay, Katherine; Barger, Albert Sylvester; Arrison, Joseph Patrick; Williams, Dorothy E.; Carson, Henry; Williams, Charles F.; Zimmerman, Frank E.; Young, Frederick A.; Woods, Rebecca; Wetzler, Russell; Weston, Marie; Weaver, Ira I.; Welsh, Joseph J.; Weber, John F.; Webb, John L.

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