Details
Creator Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title Abrasive Company, James and Fraley Streets, Wissinoming, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Machinery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Row houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Wissinoming (Philadelphia, Pa.)
James Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5500 -- North.
Fraley Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2200 -- East.
Genre Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
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
P.8990.11500
P.8990.11501
P.8990.11502