Phoenixville, Pa
Most images depict children's activities at Rivercrest Preventorium, a Christmas Seal sponsored retreat for children with tuberculosis. Portrays children in school, reading, playing games, and brushing their teeth. Also shows boys playing chess, ping pong and billiards at the Trojan Club. Ot...
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Language: | English |
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1930-1944
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Online Access: | Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue (Name Index) |
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Most images depict children's activities at Rivercrest Preventorium, a Christmas Seal sponsored retreat for children with tuberculosis. Portrays children in school, reading, playing games, and brushing their teeth. Also shows boys playing chess, ping pong and billiards at the Trojan Club. Other Phoenixville sites documented are St. John's Reformed Church and the Bull Tavern. These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaperâÂÂs photo âÂÂmorgueâ are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the BâÂÂs]), 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 newspaperâÂÂs 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 Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record. |
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12 photoprints : silver gelatin |