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[Girard Trust Company Building under construction at Broad Street and Penn Square, Center City, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A62215
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Contributor
McKim, Meade & White, architects.
Furness, Evans & Co., architects.
Title
[Girard Trust Company Building under construction at Broad Street and Penn Square, Center City, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1931
Date
1931
Physical Description
1 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Center of City, Phila., Jun. 27, 1931.
Description
Aerial view of the Girard Trust Company Building under construction. The building was designed by the architecture firm of Furness, Evans & Co. and was later finished by McKim, Meade & White. City Hall, the Lincoln Liberty Building and other buildings adjacent to Penn Square can be seen in some detail. The view faces southeast from a vantage point just northwest of City Hall.
Notes
Negative number: P194.
Subject
Girard Trust Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Cityscapes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction Philadelphia. -- Pennsylvania
Office buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 28-32 -- South.
Penn Square -- 1400 -- South.
Center City (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Nitrate negatives -- 1930-1940.
Aerial photographs -- 1930-1940.
Associated name
McKim, Meade & White, architects.
Associated name
Furness, Evans & Co., architects.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.P194]
Accession number
P.8990.P194
In Collections
Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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