Digital Library | Historical Society of Pennsylvania : Volume/Folder : George A. Foreman Philadelphia Transportation Company photograph and ephemera album, 1906-1941 [Volume 18] [14000]

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George A. Foreman Philadelphia Transportation Company photograph and ephemera album, 1906-1941 [Volume 18]

Permanent ID:

14000

Date:

1906 – 1941

Image Description:

Volume 18 [formerly Volume 154]:
The date range of this volume is 1906 to 1941, with the bulk of the items from 1941. The earlier photographs are reproductions of photographs from 1906 to 1908 showing various trains, stations (including 69th Street Terminal), passengers, etc. In addition, there are many pages entitled “PTC: Elevated and Subway Views” that include photos of different neighborhoods and settings, such as a “New York bound streamliner;” a garden party and benefit “as seen from westbound elevated train;” views of Cobb’s Creek in winter; numerous billboard advertisements; 69th Street Terminal decorated for the holidays; and a blizzard on March 3, 1941 that greatly impacted PTC service. Finally, a photograph of a building fire taken from an elevated train is annotated “due to Charles Martini always on the job for interesting sights and having his trusty camera loaded…”

Names listed:
Wasson, Wayne; Barth, Walter; Murphy, John; Bright, John; Ivers, John; Smith, Billy; Kane, Rose; Wilds, George; Black, Charles; Thrasher, William; Jost, Sophie; Cecilian, Celia; Vantine, George; Schultz, Elsie; Green, William; Ziert, William; Woodward, George.

The 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:

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