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[Construction of the Ridge-8th Street Subway.] [graphic].
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title
[Construction of the Ridge-8th Street Subway.] [graphic].
Date
1931
Physical Description
1 negatives : nitrate ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Aerial views of the Ridge-8th Street Subway (later known as the Broad-Ridge Spur) under construction. The approach to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge at 5th and Race Streets and the adjacent Franklin Square are visible, as is the area bounded roughly by Callowhill to the north, Market Street to the south, Front Street to the East and 10th Street to the west.
Notes
Negative numbers: 14407n.
Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Eighth st. Subway, Frank. Square; Phila. Pa.; June 13, 1931.
Subject
Mass transit -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction Philadelphia. -- Pennsylvania
Geographic subject
Chinatown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Old City (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Nitrate negatives -- 1930-1940.
Aerial photographs -- 1930-1940.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.14407n]
Accession number
P.8990.14407n
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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