Digital Library | Historical Society of Pennsylvania : Volume/Folder : George A. Foreman Philadelphia Transportation Company photograph and ephemera album, 1939-1941 [Volume 8] [13915]

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George A. Foreman Philadelphia Transportation Company photograph and ephemera album, 1939-1941 [Volume 8]

Permanent ID:

13915

Date:

1939 – 1941

Image Description:

Volume 8 [formerly Volume 104]:
The date range of the volume appears to be 1939 to 1941, and many of the pages are entitled “PTC Elevated & Subway Views.” There are numerous posed/portrait photos of PTC employees taken by Charles Martini, including photographs of waitresses at The Tasty Inn, the restaurant at the 69th Street Terminal. Also included are photographs of a car fire in the 69th Street Terminal parking lot; of the first double-decker buses to be used for Walnut Street routes on display in the 69th Street lot; and of views of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station (“B&O Station”) at 24th and Chestnut Streets, designed by Frank Furness.

Names listed:
Wood, Herbert; Donnelly, Richard; Crilley, John; Leadbetter, George; Yoder, Amos; Stokes, Robert; Zeirt, William; Ziegler, Ellwood; Black, Charlie; Keely, Harry; Karnbach Ross; Weber, John L.; Dodson, Grace; Donnelly, Raymond; Rogers, Matthew; Hodges, Harry; Jones, Charles; Barth, Walter.

Places listed:
69th Street Terminal; Front Street; Berks Street; Baltimore & Ohio RR Station.

The digital record contains images that represent 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:

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