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Philadelphia -- The new Delaware River Bridge -- Camden. We insure anything. Try us. This is a darn good blotter. T. Yorke Smith, 507 Federal St., Camden N.J. Real estate insurance. Both phones 316. [graphic].
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Contributor
Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945, architect.
Modjeski, Ralph, 1861-1940, architect.
Title
Philadelphia -- The new Delaware River Bridge -- Camden. We insure anything. Try us. This is a darn good blotter. T. Yorke Smith, 507 Federal St., Camden N.J. Real estate insurance. Both phones 316. [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1926
Date
[ca. 1926]
Physical Description
1 print : halftone photomechanical print ; 8.5 x 15 cm. (3.25 x 6 in.)
Description
Advertising blotter depicting the Delaware River Bridge (i.e., Benjamin Franklin Bridge) spanning the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey. Commissioned by the Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission of New Jersey and the Delaware River Bridge and Tunnel Commission of Pennsylvania, the bridge was built 1922-1926 and designed by architect Paul Cret and engineer Ralph Modjeski.
Notes
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Smith, T. Yorke, ca. 1873-1927.
Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Insurance companies -- New Jersey -- Camden.
Suspension bridges -- Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Genre
Trade cards -- 1920-1930.
Halftone photomechanical prints -- 1920-1930.
Associated name
Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945, architect.
Associated name
Modjeski, Ralph, 1861-1940, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Smith [P.9577.19]
Accession number
P.9577.19
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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