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Wilmington, Del

Scenes in Wilmington, Delaware. Public buildings included are the City Hall, the Court House, the Post Office and Custom House, Dupont High School and the old and new public libraries. Contains many street scenes, especially of Market Street; many of these images were used to document locations of...

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: 1915-1940
Subjects and Genres:
Church buildings > Delaware > Wilmington.
Courthouses > Delaware > Wilmington
City & town halls > Delaware > Wilmingon
Post offices > Delaware > Wilmington
Schools > Delaware > Wilmington
Office buildings > Delaware > Wilmington
Markets > Delaware > Wilmington
Libraries > Delaware > Wilmington
Voter registration > Delaware > Wilmington
Banks > Delaware > Wilmington
Public buildings > Delaware > Wilmington.
Wilmington (Del.)
Market Street (Wilmington, Del.)
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Summary: Scenes in Wilmington, Delaware. Public buildings included are the City Hall, the Court House, the Post Office and Custom House, Dupont High School and the old and new public libraries. Contains many street scenes, especially of Market Street; many of these images were used to document locations of phony voter registration. Includes office buildings of Delaware Power & Light Co., the Farmers Bank, Fidelity Bank, and the Industrial Trust Building. Churches depicted are the Old Swedes Church during the Delaware Tercentary and St. John's Cathedral. Other miscellaneous subjects included are the market, the Historical Society, the Hercules Powder Co., and the Gunning Bedford Monument.
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
Item Description: Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.
Physical Description: 44 photoprints : silver gelatin

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