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521 Delancey Street fire insurance survey, 1944
521 Delancey Street fire insurance survey, 1944
521 Delancey Street fire insurance survey, 1944
521 Delancey Street fire insurance survey, 1944
521 Delancey Street fire insurance survey, 1944
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521 Delancey Street fire insurance survey, 1944

Permanent ID:
13720
Date:
January 20 1944
Image Description:
The Philadelphia Contributionship, the oldest fire insurance company in the United States, was founded in 1752 and received a charter in 1768. From the beginning, the company inspected houses to be insured, reported faults in construction, and recommended changes to help protect against the risk of fire. The collection consists of insurance survey records on properties in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, organized by location and including written reports, notes, diagrams of buildings (occasionally including blueprints), photographic prints, and negatives.

This digital record contains four images that depict a completed survey for 521 Delancey Street along with one small photograph of the property and its negative (last image).
Address:
521 Delancey Street, Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs; Negative; Printed Matter; Survey
Collection:
Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire
Library of Congress Subjects:
Insurance surveys [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85067071]
Center City District (Philadelphia, Pa.) [info:lc/authorities/names/n89110897]
Old City (Philadelphia, Pa.) [info:lc/authorities/names/n97042578]