Aerial views of the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. Groups of men stand around an outdoor recreation area, which includes a baseball diamond., Negative numbers: P108-P111.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
August 27, 1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P108-P111]
Aerial views of the Trenton Fair circa 1922, showing oval-shaped horse racing track and audience stands, and many buildings, including the Manufacturers & Merchants Building, Dairy Cattle, Coliseum, and Auto Exhibit. Also visible are tents, railroad tracks, a Ferris wheel, houses, and parked automobiles., Negative numbers: 2794, 2796, 2797, 2799, 2800, 2810., Record updated with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2794; P.8990.2796; P.8990.2797; P.8990.2799; P.8990.2800; P.8990.2810]
Aerial views of Trenton Senior High School, located on Chambers Street between Hamilton and Greenwood Avenues in Trenton, New Jersey. Depicts a large central building adorned with a clock tower undergoing final stages of construction, flanked by two identical smaller buildings on each side with entrances marked by columns. Nearby residences are visible., Negative numbers: P123, P124, P125., P124 and P125 not digitized; negatives are similar views to P123.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
September 11, 1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P123-P125]
Aerial views of the the Agasote Millboard Company in West Trenton, New Jersey, located on the main line of the Reading Railroad. The company was founded in 1909 by Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge who brought what was then a secred process of creating fiberboard out of newspapers from England to the U.S.. The company's products included: agasote, used in the manufacture of passenger railroad car roofs; vehisote, used in the making of truck panels; and homasote, still used as a versatile building material today. The company changed its name to Homasote Company in the late 1930s., Negative numbers: P65., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Agasote Millboard, Trenton, N.J.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1930-1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P65]
Aerial views of the New Jersey School for the Deaf. Depicts construction of the school's West Trenton campus, to which it relocated in 1923 from its original location in downtown Trenton. Residences, fields, and a railroad station are visible in the distance, and Gold Run lake lies in the foreground. The school was established in 1832 as the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and first opened to students in 1883. It was renamed New Jersey School for the Deaf in 1900 and the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf in 1965., Negative numbers: 5542, 5543.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5542-5543]
Aerial views of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's Delaware River Bridge (also known as the Yardley Bridge and the West Trenton Railroad Bridge) spanning the Delaware River west of Rotary Island between Yardley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and West Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. The bridge was designed by engineers Edwin Chamberlain and William Hunter and was built by F.W. Talbot Construction Company from 1911-1913. A steam locomotive travels over the bridge and surrounding farmlands are also visible., Negative numbers: 5529., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Mercer Co.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1925
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5529]
Aerial views of the American Bridge Company industrial facility on the Delaware River in Trenton, New Jersey. The company was formed In 1900 when the JP Morgan & Company undertook a consolidation of the bridge construction industry in the United States. This merger of 27 companies commanded 90 percent of the bridge building market in the U.S. Eventually, the American Bridge Company became a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. The views show the facility from several angles. Railroad tracks and ships servicing the facility can be seen, as can adjacent residential areas., Negative numbers: 1233, 6433., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1921-1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1233; P.8990.6433]
Aerial views of the Glen Afton neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey's West Ward. Views show the area at beginning stages of development with only roads delineated and later after just a few homes have been built. Community lies on the bank of the Delaware River, which is visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 5017, 5017a, 5018, 5019, 5020, 5021, 5524, P218, P220, P221.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1925-1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5017; P.8990.5017a; P.8990.5018-5021; P.8990.5524; P.8990.P218; P.8990.P220; P.8990.P221]
Aerial views of the Hiltonia neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey's West Ward. Views show the development at its beginning stages with streets delineated but very few houses completed. Surrounding developed communities are visible in the distance, Negative numbers: 4814, 5016, 5024, 5033, 5034, 5035.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1925
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4814; P.8990.5016; P.8990.5024; P.8990.5033-5035]
Aerial view of Trenton Junior High School No. 3, located at 1001 West State Street in Trenton, New Jersey. Depicts a large front building adorned with a clock tower, flanked by two identical smaller buildings set back on each side with entrances marked by columns. Built 1924. Nearby residences and the Delaware River are visible., Negative number: 11311.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
September 12, 1929
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.11311]
Aerial views of the the American Steel and Wire Company plant. In 1848 John A. Roebling purchased a 25 acre site along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Chambersburg (now a part of Trenton) for his wire rope business. Roebling designed the buildings and machinery and directed the company until his death in 1869, when his sons took over. The company manufactured wire rope and related products for suspension bridges, shipping, mining, construction (including the Panama Canal), electrical power transmission, cable cars, tramways, aircraft, submarine netting, musical instruments, elevators, logging and oil drilling. By World War I, the factory was the largest wire rope plant in the world and the company grew considerably in response to steadily increasing demands for its products. The company was a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. The views show ortions of the plant from several angles with the city of Trenton visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 6031, 6434, 6435.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6031; P.8990.6434; P.8990.6435]