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Contains views of piers in the Philadelphia waterfront. Highlights Municipal Piers, but also includes a view of the Navy Yard, Pier 84, the perishable terminal, the Bridge Street Recreation Wharf, the Allegheny Avenue Pier, and Pier E in Port Richmond. Depicts construction of Delaware Avenue sites...
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1912-1946
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Contains views of piers in the Philadelphia waterfront. Highlights Municipal Piers, but also includes a view of the Navy Yard, Pier 84, the perishable terminal, the Bridge Street Recreation Wharf, the Allegheny Avenue Pier, and Pier E in Port Richmond. Depicts construction of Delaware Avenue sites. Portrays peddlers in wagons on Delaware Avenue as well. Shows a waterfront artist sketching ships. Contains views of a variety of vessels. Illustrates historic images with reproductions. Also depicts the Schuylkill River looking South fron the Passyunk Avenue Bridge. Depicts fire at the Ventnor, N.J. Municipal Pier as well as views of the pier before the disaster. Oversize also includes views of the Port of Philadelphia. 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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57 photoprints : silver gelatin; 4 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller |