Digital Library | Historical Society of Pennsylvania : Volume/Folder : George A. Foreman Philadelphia Transportation Company photograph and ephemera album, 1937-1948 [Volume 1] [13758]

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George A. Foreman Philadelphia Transportation Company photograph and ephemera album, 1937-1948 [Volume 1]

Permanent ID:

13758

Date:

1937 – 1948

Image Description:

Volume 1 [formerly Volume 6]
The date range of the volume is 1937 to 1948 with the bulk of the items from 1940 to 1948. The contents of the volume include holiday cards from 1946 and 1947 and an undated get well letter to Foreman which contains a reference to Mrs. Foreman, the first indication he was married. The volume also contains two photos of Charles Martini, the Philadelphia Transportation Company [PTC] employee who took the vast majority of photographs in these albums. There are also obituaries of PTC employees, some with annotations mentioning membership in societies such as the “Mystic Cross Comandry #98 of the Ancient and Illustrious Order of Knights of Malta.” Finally, there is a card dated December 30, 1946 to “#70 George Albright Foreman at his retirement from service after 37 years.” Foreman officially retired from the PTC in 1947.

Names listed:
Miller, Moses Clarke; Miller, Harry & Mary; Meinholdt, William; McNoldy, James I.; McNoldy, Mary M.; McLaughlin, Thomas; McKenna, Frances; Martini, Charles; McKay, William; McKay, William C.; McHugh, Mary; McDonnell, Gertrude; McCoach, William; McCauley, Elmer; Magee, Catherine; Magee, James F.; Long, Timothy B.; Greer, Mary E.; Lancaster, Harry; Moore, Hannah; Lazelle, Helen; Kelly, Patrick; Tobin, Jim; Welsh, Joe; Black, Charlie; Kelly, James F.; Jamieson, Harry M.; James, Frank Fletcher; Joseph, Gladys H.; Jost, Sophie M.; Berryman, Henry J.; Morrison, Robert J.; Black, Anna; Jordan, Harry; Kane, Daniel A.; Kane, Rose; Hamilton, Jane; Kambach, Ross Albert; Keely, Harry S.; Keely, Mary A.; Glenn, Benny; Fleming, Pat; Hastings, Howard; Hastings, Alice; Harrison, Fred J.; Hann, Hartzel H.; Glennon, Michael J.; Glennon, Anna; Martin, John J.; Martin, Alice; Grier, Sterling M.; Pierce, George H.; Green, William H.; Short, Wilbur; Gormley, Florence; Gordon, John J.; Glenn, Benjamin; Rogers, Matthew; Fleming, Peter; Flint, Elizabeth; Feidt, John Henry; Fell, Edwin; Fell, Sara; Fallon, Frank; English, James; Elliott, John William; Dolby, Lillian M.; Disharoon, Russell J.; Disharoon, Lillian M.; DiCiocco, John; Derrickson, John E.; Dent, William E.; Del Vecchio, Louis; De Mott, Clarence; De Long, Joseph F.; De Long, Ingrid; Griswell, John; Creamer, Charles H.; Creamer, Cress; Cooper, Wesley Rowland; Cooper, L. Alberta

Places listed:
Milbourne Dam, Bridge Street, 69th Street Terminal
Market Street El, Broad Street Subway

This digital record contains images that depict the entire described item.

Address:

Philadelphia

Format:

Photograph albums; Scrapbooks; Clippings; Ephemera

Dimensions:

Width: 16 cm, Height: 10.5 cm, Depth: 3.3 cm

Collection:

George A. Foreman scrapbooks on Philadelphia Transportation Company

Related Person or Organization:

George A. Foreman, 1881-1950 (creator)

Library of Congress Subjects:

Photograph albums [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101196]
Public transportation [info:lc/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm008385]
Mass transit [info:lc/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm006334]
Photograph collections [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101178]
Work environment [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85148146]
Philadelphia Transportation Company [info:lc/authorities/names/n84064104]