Indiantown Gap Military Reservation

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Pennsylvania--Indiantown Gap.

Religious services--Pennsylvania--Indiantown Gap.

Soldiers--Pennsylvania--Indiantown Gap.

Military reservations--Pennsylvania--Indiantown Gap.

Indiantown Gap Military Reservation (Pa.).

Local Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Pennsylvania--Indiantown Gap.

Religious services--Pennsylvania--Indiantown Gap.

Soldiers--Pennsylvania--Indiantown Gap.

Military reservations--Pennsylvania--Indiantown Gap.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

57 photoprints : silver gelatin; 5 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller

Place of Publication:

1940-1946

Summary:

Documents the construction of facilities and the opening of the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation and its use during the second World War. Includes aerial views as well as images of the barracks and other structures. Highlights new recruits, nurses, and hospital patients. Also illustrates Sunday mass and stevedore training.

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.