United States Army Signal Corps

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company.

United States. Army. Signal Corps.

Storehouses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

War bonds & funds--United States.

World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Local Subjects:

Storehouses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

War bonds & funds--United States.

World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

29 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1941-1944

Summary:

Documents activities at the Philadelphia Signal Depot, located in the Atwater Kent plant at Abbotford Road and Wissahickon Drive. Contains interior and exterior views of the depot. Portrays workers on the main floor, in the reproduction department, on the switchboard, at monthly meetings, during medical examinations, at war bond awards, and wrapping Christmas packages. Shows recreational activities like baseball and horseback riding.

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.