Automobiles

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Automobile Trade Association Auto Show (Pa.).

Exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Automobile inspections--Pennsylvania.

Automobiles.

Contests.

Mobile homes.

Local Subjects:

Exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Automobile inspections--Pennsylvania.

Automobiles.

Contests.

Mobile homes.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

159 photoprints : silver gelatin; 1 photoprint 11"x 17" or smaller

Place of Publication:

1930-1946

Summary:

Images of automobiles, particularly antique automobiles. Also portraits of automobile builders, and movie stars riding in automobiles. Includes views of automobile inspection and tire registration. Contains images of auto shows, including the Philadelphia Automobile Trade Association Show at the Commercial Museum. Also documents mobile home life. Portrays the winner of an Ivory Soap Buick Contest sponsored by Proctor and Gamble posed with a new automobile.

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.