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[Republican National Convention 1940, Municipal Auditorium, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Contributor
Johnson, Philip H., 1868-1933, architect.
Title
[Republican National Convention 1940, Municipal Auditorium, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1940
Date
1940
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 8 x 10 in.
Description
Exterior view of the convention hall showing people, including African Americans, milling and gathered in front of the building at 34th Street below Spruce Street (i.e., S. 34th and Civic Center Blvd.) in West Philadelphia. Men and women enter and leave the building; convene on the steps; board a "Convention Hall-Center City" bus; and utilize a "Public Telephone" trailer. Lights that read, "Republican National Convention" hang over the front entrance. Also shows a sign advertising "nearly everybody reads The Bulletin" near one of the auditorium's doors. American flags decorate the street lamps on the sidewalk. The Municipal Auditorium was built 1929-1930 after the designs of Philip H. Johnson.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from content.
Accessioned 2003.
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Municipal Auditorium (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Republican National Convention.
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Political conventions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Public telephones -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Thirty-Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- south -- and Civic Center Boulevard.
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1930-1940.
Associated name
Johnson, Philip H., 1868-1933, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - Events [P.2003.27]
Accession number
P.2003.27
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African American History Photographs
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