| Creator |
Aero Service Corporation, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary (Firm), architect. |
| Title |
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company building, 2501-2515 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1927 |
| Date |
ca. 1927 |
| Physical Description |
3 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.) |
| Description |
Aerial views of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company's building at 2501-2515 Fairmount Avenue under construction. Scaffolding
flanks the entrance of the nearly completed building while vehicles move along the streets. Designed by Zantzinger, Borie
& Medary, the Art Deco building was constructed 1926-1927. Views show a railroad tunnel and large semicircular factory building
on the 2600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Nearby row homes are visible.
|
| Notes |
Negative numbers: 7631, 7632, 7633. |
| Subject |
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Buildings. |
|
Insurance companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Office buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Railroad tunnels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Fairmount Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2501-2515. |
|
Pennsylvania Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2600 block. |
| Genre |
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930. |
|
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930. |
| Associated name |
Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary (Firm), architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.7631; P.8990.7632; P.8990.7633] |
| Accession number |
P.8990.7631 |
|
P.8990.7632 |
|
P.8990.7633 |
