Stetson building demolition photograph, 1943
Permanent ID:
12790
Date:
June 7 1943
Image Description:
Photograph of the beginning of demolition of the Stetson Mission Sunday School. Stetson, the famous hat makers, scrapped 5 buildings in 1943 to provide scrap metal to be used in World War II manufacturing.
Inscription:
Gerorge L. Russell Jr., president of the John B. Stetson Company, left, and Orville H. Bullitt, regional director of the War Production Board, posting a scrap sign at the Stetson Mission Sunday School, 5th st and Montgomery ave. Wreakers began tearing down nine Stetson buildings yesterday to provide 4000 tons of scrap metal for the war effort.
(Clipping pasted verso (Image 2))
Address:
5th and Montgomery , Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
Dimensions:
Width: 17 cm, Height: 21.5 cm (image)
