Priory Episcopal Home for Old Men

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Priory Episcopal Home for Old Men (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Religious orders--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Rest homes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Episcopalians.

Ridge Avenue, 1600 Blk. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Religious orders--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Rest homes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Episcopalians.

Ridge Avenue, 1600 Blk. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

7 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1942

Summary:

Documents the care of residents of the Priory Episcopal Home for Old Men by church brothers. Portrays brothers scrubbing steps, feeding and barbering residents, and in prayer. Includes a view of the 1600 block of Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia.

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.