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[Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company tracks under construction to raise grade crossings, Ninth Street above Poplar Street in Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Creator
Harrison, Edward, photographer.
Title
[Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company tracks under construction to raise grade crossings, Ninth Street above Poplar Street in Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1910
Date
March 7, 1910
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.5 in.)
Description
View of fenced in railroad tracks under construction with a railroad construction crew in the distance. The project, to raise tracks above street level to prevent pedestrian casualties from Wayne Junction to Spring Garden Street, lasted from 1907 to 1911. Residences and businesses line the street. Inside the fence, pedestrians, including African Americans, look on from and traverse the makeshift dirt walkways. An African American woman looks on from a second story window
Notes
Negative inscribed: 10255; 3-7-10; 0-65.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript note on verso: Meyers STW 4 23 13.
Forms part of: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Photograph Collection.
Purchase 1989.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroad construction & maintenance -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Afro-Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Ninth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- above Poplar Street.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company [P.9260.420]
Accession number
P.9260.420
In Collections
African American History Photographs
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