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 Alirene Mills (formerly Bromley Mills) textile plant at Frankford Creek and Adams Avenue. The mill was owned by James Bromley and was built in 1903, designed by the architecture firm Stearns and Castor. Row homes can be seen adjacent to the factory complex., Negative numbers: 13002n, P98, P99, P103, P104., Manuscript note on negative sleeve of 13002n: Buckman and Buckman, Fkd. Creek, N. Phila, Pa, August 27, 1930.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1930-1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13002n; P.8990.P98; P.8990.P99; P.8990.P103; P.8990.P104]
Aerial view of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation plant on the Schuylkill River in the Gray's Ferry neighborhood in Philadelphia. 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. View of the chemical plant looks north from a vantage point just south of the Grays Ferry Avenue bridge at around Reed Street and spans north to include portions of Center City and West Philadelphia along the river. Residential neighborhoods in the vicinity are also visible., Negative numbers: 20898n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Allied Chemical Co., Grey's Ferry, Pa, May 12, 1940.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.20898n]
Aerial views of the seaside community of Beach Haven on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Includes views of the city and coastline, the Atlantic Ocean and Little Egg Harbor. Boats are docked and sailing in the harbor. Harbor islands are also visible., Negative numbers: P242, P243, P245, P250, P251.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P242; P.8990.P243; P.8990.P245; P.8990.P250; P.8990.P251]
Aerial view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans. It opened in 1848., Negative number: P203.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
June 27, 1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P203]
Aerial views of the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Views are taken from a lower vantage point so that several hotels and surrounding areas can be seen in some detail., Negative numbers: 6201, 6202, P240, P241, P244.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926-1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6201; P.8990.6202; P.8990.P240; P.8990.P241; P.8990.P244]
Aerial view showing the Philadelphia Museum of Art, built near the Schuylkill River 1919-1928 after designs by Horace Trumbauer and the firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary. View includes part of West Philadelphia., Negative number: P276., Negative dated September 18, 1931.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P276]
Aerial views of the USS Constitution sailing on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. The frigate is surrounded by tugboats and the waterfronts of South Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey can also be seen., Negative numbers: P291, P292, P293, P297, P298.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P291; P.8990.P292; P.8990.P293; P.8990.P297; P.8990.P298]
Aerial view of Wings Field, Narcissa Road, Blue Bell, PA. Airplane hangars, runways and surrounding fields are visible. A small single engine propellor airplane sits on the runway. View looks northwest to southeast., Negative number: 19002., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1938
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.19002]
