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Edgar Nyce Sloanaker collection

An eclectic collection of photographs, newspaper clippings on weather, Civil War era daguerreotypes, and newspaper scrapbooks of a variety of events in Philadelphia. The collection was compiled by Edgar N. Sloanaker, an elevator operator in Philadelphia in the mid-20th century. At the age of 83, a...

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Main Author: Sloanaker, Edgar Nyce (Creator)
Collection:Edgar Nyce Sloanaker Collection
Collection Number:D0094
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects and Genres:
Crime and Catastrophe > Philadelphia > Early 20th Century
Local Weather > Philadelphia > 20th Century
Philadelphia > Central High School
Portrait photography.
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Physical Description: 0.75 Linear feet 0.75 linear feet, 2 boxes
Summary: An eclectic collection of photographs, newspaper clippings on weather, Civil War era daguerreotypes, and newspaper scrapbooks of a variety of events in Philadelphia. The collection was compiled by Edgar N. Sloanaker, an elevator operator in Philadelphia in the mid-20th century. At the age of 83, a dance enthusiast, he appeared in Fred Astaire dance class ads in the newspaper.

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