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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Contributor
Windrim, John T. 1866-1934, architect.
Title
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1934
Date
1934
Physical Description
1 negative : nitrate ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Aerial view of the Franklin Institute looking south-west towards 30th Street Station. Located at 20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the science museum was built 1929-1931 after the designs of John T. Windrim. Logan Circle, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Schuylkill River are visible.
Notes
Negative number: 16541n.
Negative dated July 31, 1934.
Subject
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Science museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Twentieth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 200-250
Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Center City (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Nitrate negatives -- 1930-1940.
Aerial photographs -- 1930-1940.
Associated name
Windrim, John T. (John Torrey), 1866-1934, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.16541n]
Accession number
P.8990.16541n
In Collections
Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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