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Progress of steel construction in Kensington Ave. at bent 244, looking north, October 9, 1916.
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Title
Progress of steel construction in Kensington Ave. at bent 244, looking north, October 9, 1916.
Date
October 9, 1916
Description
View looking north from a marker for bent 244 on Kensington Avenue. The east sidewalk is crowded with spectators. A man sits in a large cart hitched to a team of horses on the west side of the block. A trolley travels down the tracks in the distance. The elevated railway bridge spanning the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad tracks near Lehigh Avenue is also visible. Businesses include Edward C. Johnson's liquor store (2473 Kensington Avenue) and Munch's Saloon (2500 Kensington Avenue).
Notes
Negative number: 3268
Genre
Progress photographs 1910-1920
Gelatin silver prints 1910-1920
Subject
Frankford Elevated Railway.
Philadelphia (Pa.). Dept. of City Transit.
Railroads, Elevated -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Coverage
Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Kensington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2500 block.
Is part of
Frankford Elevated Railway construction photographs
Frankford Elevated Railway construction photographs
Has format
TMP.objres.5755.jpg
Accession number
P.9260.234
Image file
El-P-9260-234
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