Creator |
Aero Service Corporation, photographer. |
Contributor |
Stearns & Castor, fl. 1895-1917, architect. |
Title |
Abrasive Company, James and Fraley Streets, Wissinoming, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1926-1929 |
Date |
ca. 1926-1929 |
Physical Description |
4 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.) |
Description |
Aerial views of the Abrasive Company industrial site in the Wissinoming neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded
as the Abrasive Material Company in 1893, the company was purchased by Simonds and the name changed in 1927. The name changed
again to the Simonds Abrasive Company in 1946. The Abrasive Company was known as an innovator in the grinding wheel market
and abrasives industry. The factory was designed by the Philadelphia architecture firm Stearns & Castor. The images show the
factory as well as the surrounding residential area and row homes.
|
Notes |
Negative numbers: 5604, 11500, 11501, 11502. |
Subject |
Abrasive Company. |
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Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Machinery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Wissinoming (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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James Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5500 -- North. |
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Fraley Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2200 -- East. |
Genre |
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930. |
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Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930. |
Associated name |
Stearns & Castor, fl. 1895-1917, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.5604; P.8990.11500-11502] |
Accession number |
P.8990.5604 |
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P.8990.11500 |
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P.8990.11501 |
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P.8990.11502 |