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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, 11th and Erie, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, 11th and Erie, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1926
Date
May 5, 1926
Physical Description
5 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Aerial views of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus in the neighborhood of North Philadelphia. Depicts vicinity of Butler Street between 10th Street and Old York Road. Delivery trucks and wagons populate the grounds of the circus, which consists of at least five tents and side shows. Adjacent to the circus grounds are row homes, railroad tracks, a streetcar shed, the lumber yard of Charles F. Felin & Co., and Welsh Bros. Coal facility.
Notes
Negative numbers: 5777, 5784-5787.
Subject
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Circuses & shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lumber industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Coal -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Transportation facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
North Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Butler Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 1000-1100 blocks
Old York Road (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3700 block
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.5777; P.8990.5784-5787]
Accession number
P.8990.5777
P.8990.5784
P.8990.5785
P.8990.5786
P.8990.5787
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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