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Overbrook High School. [graphic].
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Contributor
Catharine, Irwin Thornton, 1884-1944, architect.
Title
Overbrook High School. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1925
Date
ca. 1925
Physical Description
1 negative : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Aerial view of Overbrook High School under construction. Located at 59th Street and Lancaster Avenue, the school was built 1924-1926 in the Academic Gothic style after designs by Irwin T. Catharine. View includes Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and rowhomes in the surrounding area.
Notes
Negative number: 5216.
Subject
Overbrook High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Public schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Overbrook (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Lancaster Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5898.
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Associated name
Catharine, Irwin Thornton, 1884-1944, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.5216]
Accession number
P.8990.5216
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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