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Most images of West Philadelphia High School students portray participation in sports activities. Football games and practices are featured as well as basketball, crew, swimming, track, and the rifle team. Shows women playing basketball, participating in the orchestra and marching band, and watchin...
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1936-1946
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Most images of West Philadelphia High School students portray participation in sports activities. Football games and practices are featured as well as basketball, crew, swimming, track, and the rifle team. Shows women playing basketball, participating in the orchestra and marching band, and watching sports events. Other images depict female graduates, the interscholastic student government convention, and the unveiling of a World War II memorial plaque. Includes an image of girls fixing their faces in a car mirror. Oversize includes an exterior view of the girl's school. 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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56 photoprints : silver gelatin; 3 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller |