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[Penn Hardware Company foundry and environs, Reading, Pennsylvania.] [graphic].
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title
[Penn Hardware Company foundry and environs, Reading, Pennsylvania.] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1922
Date
ca. 1922
Physical Description
1 negative : glass ; 17 x 22 cm (6.5 x 8.5 in.)
Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Glen Gery Brick Co.
Description
Aerial view of the Penn Hardware Company plant at the foot of Spruce Street between the canal and the Schuylkill River in Reading, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1877 by two brothers, C. Raymond and Albert A. Heizmann. This view shows the factory from the south with the river, bridges and other areas of Reading visible in the distance. Probably taken September 12-16, 1922.
Notes
Negative numbers: 2758.
Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Subject
Penn Hardware Company.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Building materials industry -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Foundries -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Iron industry -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Waterfronts -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.
Geographic subject
Reading (Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.2758]
Accession number
P.8990.2758
In Collections
Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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