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J. G. Brill Company order 22717 photograph negatives, 1928
J. G. Brill Company order 22717 photograph negatives, 1928
J. G. Brill Company order 22717 photograph negatives, 1928
J. G. Brill Company order 22717 photograph negatives, 1928
J. G. Brill Company order 22717 photograph negatives, 1928
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J. G. Brill Company order 22717 photograph negatives, 1928

Permanent ID:
13204
Date:
1928
Image Description:
An acetate negative from the Philadelphia-based J.G. Brill Company. They manufactured interurban rail-cars, trolleys, and buses and photographed finished and unfinished products for clients and company records.

The negatives depict 1-#55 Passenger and Baggage Gas Rail bodies built for American Car & Foundry Company for Uruguayan State Railways. The order was recieved 1928-08-15 and shipped 1928-11-30.

11374: Side view of frame.
11426: Interior view of baggage area, looking towards front. Shows driver's seat on the left side of the print, and a wooden, longitudinal bench on the right.
11427: Interior view of baggage area, looking towards rear. Shows heater in right corner. Door to passenger compartment is open, and seating is visible.
11428: Interior view of car, looking towards front. Shows eight rows of leather-upholstered transverse seating. Door to baggage area is open.
11429: Close-up, front view of car.
Inscription:
J.G. BRILL CO.
ORDER 22717
PHOTO 11426
Format:
Negative
Dimensions:
Width: 12.7 cm, Height: 10.2 cm
Collection:
The J. G. Brill Company records
Related Person or Organization:
The J. G. Brill Company (Manufacturer)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Mass transit [info:lc/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm006334]
Interurban street railroads [info:lc/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm005488]
Local transit [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85077945]
J.G. Brill Company [info:lc/authorities/names/nr92012565]
Trolley cars [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh92001523]