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Progress of steel construction in Kensington Avenue at bent 265, looking south, October 16, 1916.
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Title
Progress of steel construction in Kensington Avenue at bent 265, looking south, October 16, 1916.
Date
October 9, 1916
Description
View looking south from the most recently constructed steel bent, number 265, on Kensington Avenue. The sidewalks are crowded with spectators, mostly men, who are watching six men working on top of bent 265. Businesses on the block include Robert Kearn's liquor store (2629-31 Kensington Avenue) and an oysters shop.
Notes
Negative number: 3298
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.) -- 2600 block.
Is part of
Frankford Elevated Railway construction photographs
Frankford Elevated Railway construction photographs
Has format
TMP.objres.5757.jpg
Accession number
P.9260.236
Image file
El-P-9260-236
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