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Shows members of the 7 O'Klockers Klub, a commuters club for passengers travelling from Philadelphia to Trenton and New York. Depicts special commuters cars designed for work and for amusement. Portrays members playing cards, drinking at the bar, and working. Highlights commuters receiving a...
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1937-1944
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Shows members of the 7 O'Klockers Klub, a commuters club for passengers travelling from Philadelphia to Trenton and New York. Depicts special commuters cars designed for work and for amusement. Portrays members playing cards, drinking at the bar, and working. Highlights commuters receiving a first aid class from the Red Cross. Portrays commuters hitchhiking, walking, and waiting for taxicabs during a bus drivers strike in Norristown and during a strike on the Schuylkill Valley Line. 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 Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record. |
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19 photoprints : silver gelatin |