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Documents activities of the U.S. Navy in Philadelphia. Most images portray VAVES working and recreating. Shows recruiting, swearing in, and leaving for training camps as well as working at the Blood Bank, pharmaceutical jobs, directing air traffic, doing stenography, testing, and working on ships....
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1934-1946
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Documents activities of the U.S. Navy in Philadelphia. Most images portray VAVES working and recreating. Shows recruiting, swearing in, and leaving for training camps as well as working at the Blood Bank, pharmaceutical jobs, directing air traffic, doing stenography, testing, and working on ships. Also depicts dances, sports, and leisure time activities. Includes images of recruiting and enlisting men at naval headquarters and at temporary locations. Portrays men taking the oath and saying their goodbyes before leaving for camp. Shows sailors being refitted at the Navy Yard and the Shore Patrol during inspection and during a children's Christmas party. contains an aerial view of the supply depot and documents dedication ceremonies and rallies. Shows parades with military personnel. Records ceremonies during a visit of the scouting fleet to the city. Air station views depict planes, personnel, and the chapel at Willow Grove and simulated landings at Mustin Field. Includes group portraits of the Temple air unit. 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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168 photoprints : silver gelatin |