Aerial views of industrial facilities on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront along the Delaware River. Residential areas near the waterfront are also visible., Negative numbers: 7993., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Camden Water Front, 12/10/1927.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1927
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7993]
Aerial views of the R.C.A.-Victor Talking Machine plant on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Factory buildings were primarily constructed between 1910 and 1920, based on designs by Ballinger & Perrot, before Victor merged with the Radio Corporation of America (R.C.A.) in 1929., Negative numbers: 8494, 12219n.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1928-1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8494; P.8990.12219n]
Aerial views of the Van Sciver Corporation located on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront along the Delaware River. The Van Sciver Corporation manufactured and distributed building materials in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including much of the stone and concrete materials for projects such as the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and the piers for major shipbuild facilities along the Delaware River. The facility can be seen from several angles and various types of building materials stacked on the piers and ships sailing nearby., Negative numbers: 6636, 6638, 6640, 6641, 6642.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6636; P.8990.6638; P.8990.6640; P.8990.6641; P.8990.6642]
Aerial views of industrial piers on the Camden waterfront. Campbell's Soups pier and R.C.A.-Victor Talking Machine Company facilities are visible along with railroad tracks and other industrial facilities further south along the Delaware River., Negative numbers: 1342, 1343.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1342; P.8990.1343]
Aerial views of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation, General Chemical Division plant on the banks of the Cooper and Delaware Rivers in Camden, New Jersey. The corporation (later known as Allied Chemical Corporation and then as the Allied Corporation) was formed in 1921 as an amalgamation of five of the largest U.S. chemical companies established in the 1800s. These views show what was originally the General Chemical sulfuric acid plant. The facility is shown from several angles, including vertical views from high altitude. A variety of factory buildings are visible, as are ships on the river, railroad tracks servicing the area and row homes in adjacent residential areas., Negative numbers: AC440, AC441, AC442, AC444, AC445, AC446, AC447, AC448, AC449, AC450, AC451, AC452, AC453, AC455.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1925-1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.AC440-AC442; P.8900.AC444-AC453; P.8990.AC455]
