Housing

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Housing Authority.

Federal Housing Administration (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Works Progress Administration.

Buildings, Prefabricated.

African Americans--Dwellings.

Interior architecture.

Housing.

Construction industry.

Stanley S. Holmes Village (Atlantic City, N.J.).

Allwood (N.J.).

Westfield Acres (Camden, N.J.).

Fulmor Heights Defense Housing Project (Pa.).

Audubon Park (Audubon, N.J.).

Local Subjects:

Buildings, Prefabricated.

African Americans--Dwellings.

Interior architecture.

Housing.

Construction industry.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

100 photoprints : silver gelatin; 2 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller

Place of Publication:

1930-1946

Summary:

Interior and exterior views of housing projects, many of which document construction of prefabricated buildings. Includes projects supported by the WPA, the Federal Housing Administration, the Philadelphia Housing Authority, defense industries, and other groups. Includes the Fulmor Heights Defense Housing Project as well as Audubon Park. Also depicts the Stanley S. Holmes Village, an Atlantic City project for blacks, and the dedication of an Allwood, N.J. residential development. Documents federal housing projects in Camden, N.J., namely Westfield Acres, but also including Runnemeade Gardens.

These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and

Notes:

Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record.