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Aerial views of real estate and farmlands on the outskirts of Norristown, Pennsylvania. [graphic].
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title
Aerial views of real estate and farmlands on the outskirts of Norristown, Pennsylvania. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1926
Date
1926
Physical Description
11 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Aerial views of Norristown, Pennsylvania show areas outside the city center, including areas thick with housing developments alongside sparsely populated farmlands. Schools, farmhouses, streets and portions of the Schuylkill River and Stony Creek are also visible. Manuscript notes on some negative sleeves indicate the areas shown may be adjacent to the Norristown State Hospital, but the hospital is not visible in any of the images.
Notes
Negative numbers: 6816, 6817, 6818, 6820, 6822, 6823, 6824, 6826, 6827, 6828, 6829, 6833aa.
6828 not digitized; zoom-in view of 6827.
Subject
Croplands -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Farms -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Houses.
Real estate development -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Sports & recreation facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Geographic subject
Norristown (Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Stony Creek (Pa.)
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.6816-6818; P.8990.6820; P.8990.6822-6824; P.8990.6826-6829; P.8990.6833aa]
Accession number
P.8990.6816
P.8990.6817
P.8990.6818
P.8990.6820
P.8990.6822
P.8990.6823
P.8990.6824
P.8990.6826
P.8990.6827
P.8990.6828
P.8990.6829
P.8990.6833aa
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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