Details
Creator Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Old City Historic District, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Date ca. 1924-1926
Physical Description 10 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description Aerial views of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River Bridge. Bridge was constructed from 1922-1926 and connects Camden, New Jersey to Philadelphia over the Delaware River. Distant and close-up full and partial views of the bridge and the riverfronts of both Camden and Philadelphia. Commissioned by the Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission of New Jersey and the Delaware River Bridge and Tunnell Commission of Pennsylvania, the bridge was designed by architect Paul Cret and engineer Ralph Modjeski. Located at 5th and Race Streets.
Notes Negative numbers: 4866, 5916, 5917, 5996, 6272, 6343, 6802, 6803, 6805, 7274.
Subject Suspension bridges -- Delaware River (N.Y. - Del. and N.J.).
Waterfronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Old City (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Camden (N.J.)
United States Highway 30
5th Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 -- North.
Race Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500 -- West.
Genre Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Associated name Cret, Paul Philippe, architect.
Associated name Modjeski, Ralph, 1861-1940, engineer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.4866; P.8990.5916; P.8990.5917; P.8990.5996; P.8990.6272; P.8990.6343; P.8990.6802; P.8990.6803; P.8990.6805; P.8990.7274]
Accession number P.8990.4866
P.8990.5916
P.8990.5917
P.8990.5996
P.8990.6272
P.8990.6343
P.8990.6802
P.8990.6803
P.8990.6805
P.8990.7274