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War work
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks V7:1236/257x-267x
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Philadelphia Record
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johns-Manville Corporation (Manville, N.J.).
- War rallies--New Jersey--Manville.
- War work.
- Blood donations.
- Thermometers.
- Flags.
- War rallies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pickets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Rewards & prizes.
- Local Subjects:
- War rallies--New Jersey--Manville.
- War work.
- Blood donations.
- Flags.
- War rallies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pickets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Rewards & prizes.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of the Philadelphia Record
- Physical Description:
- 62 photoprints : silver gelatin
- Place of Publication:
- 1941-1945
- Summary:
- Depicts war production rally honoring workers at the Johns-Manville Corporation (N.J.). Includes portraits of war department staff giving scrolls of merit to employees. Shows awarding of Army-Navy "E" pins at the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation of Philadelphia, the Brown Instrument Company, the Dodge Steel Company, the Fidelity Machine Company, Hess & Barker, Leeds & Northrup, Lennig-Charles & Co., Resinous Products & Chemical Co., William Sellers & Co., and Sharp & Dohme. Highlights war production activities at the I.T.E. Circuit Breaker Company on 19th and Hamilton Streets in Philadelphia. Depicts war rallies, the awarding of the Navy "E" and other patriotic employees. Includes rally and flags at John Lucas & Company after they were awarded the maritime "eagle". Depicts the Sacony Vacuum Oil Co. employees receiving the minute man flag. Portrays employees at Nathan Schwartz & Co. with photographs of family members in the service. Includes the victory pennant awarded to the Selby-Battersby Company as an award of the maritime "M". Also shows Brown Instrument Company blood donors and the famous thermometer decorating the exterior of the building. Includes a view of picketers from William Sellers & Co. Shows Sharp & Dohme employees with their families on their way to the Annual Picnic.
- 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.
- For specific names of companies and organizations, see inventory for: V7:2570/2591/2607/2611/2628/2631/2639-2640/2643/2669/2673/2675/2677-79
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