| 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. |
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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 |
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P.8990.6817 |
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P.8990.6818 |
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P.8990.6820 |
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P.8990.6822 |
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P.8990.6823 |
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P.8990.6824 |
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P.8990.6826 |
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P.8990.6827 |
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P.8990.6828 |
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P.8990.6829 |
|
P.8990.6833aa |
