Details
Creator Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Contributor Keast, W. R. Morton (William Richard Morton), 1888-1973, architect.
Windrim, John T. (John Torrey), 1866-1934, architect.
Title [Municipal Court Building under Construction, 1801 Vine Street, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia]. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1939
Date 1939
Physical Description 1 negative : safety ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description Aerial views of the Municipal Court Building under construction in June, 1939. Building was designed in the classical revival style by architects John T. Windrim and Morton Keast. View looks southwest from the vicinity of 17th and Callowhill. The Benjamin Franklin Parkway is visible from Logan Circle to just beyond 22nd Street. Major features of the parkway can be seen, including the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Franklin Institute. The view to the west stretches to 30th Street Station and the Schuylkill River.
Notes Negative number: 19826s.
Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Municipal Court Bldg. under construction, Logan Circle - Phila., June 26, 1939.
Subject Municipal Court Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Courthouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Parkways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Vine Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1801.
Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Safety negatives -- 1930-1940.
Aerial photographs -- 1930-1940.
Associated name Keast, W. R. Morton (William Richard Morton), 1888-1973, architect.
Associated name Windrim, John T. (John Torrey), 1866-1934, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.19826s]
Accession number P.8990.19826s