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[Construction of the Ridge-8th Street Subway] [graphic].
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title
[Construction of the Ridge-8th Street Subway] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1931
Date
1931
Physical Description
1 negative : nitrate ; negative 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. The Ridge-8th Street Subway opened in 1932.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date from manuscript note on negative sleeve: Eighth st. Subway, Frank. Square; Phila. Pa.; June 13, 1931.
Negative numbers: 14407n.
Subject
Chinatowns.
Buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction Philadelphia. -- Pennsylvania
Mass transit -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Subways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
AAPI.
Geographic subject
Chinatown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Franklin Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Old City (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Race Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Aerial photographs -- 1930-1940.
Nitrate negatives -- 1930-1940.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.14407n]
Accession number
P.8990.14407n
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