Forts in New Jersey

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military maneuvers--New Jersey.

Air raid shelters--New Jersey.

Telephone.

Watchtowers--New Jersey--Sandy Hook.

Sharpshooting (Military science).

Forts & fortifications--New Jersey.

Fort Monmouth (N.J.).

Fort Hancock (N.J.).

Local Subjects:

Military maneuvers--New Jersey.

Air raid shelters--New Jersey.

Telephone.

Watchtowers--New Jersey--Sandy Hook.

Sharpshooting (Military science).

Forts & fortifications--New Jersey.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

14 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1939-1943

Summary:

Depicts activities at Fort Hancock and Fort Monmouth, both located in New Jersey. Fort Hancock depictions include a WPA reconstructed dock, bomb shelters, and the Sandy Hook Watch Tower. Fort Monmouth images portray servicemen cleaning, new telephone booths at the Service Club, and the target range. Servicemen in both locations are shown during maneuvers and war games.

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 Collection; for general information, see collection record.