Philadelphia housing

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Housing Administration.

United States.

Philadelphia Housing Authority.

Tenement houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Building failures--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Housing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Pickets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Moving & storage trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Apartment houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African Americans--Dwellings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Abbotsford Homes (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Pennypack Village (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Tinicum (Pa.).

Mayfair (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Juniata Park (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Hill Creek (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Passyunk Homes (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Johnston Street, 1200 Blk. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

10th Street, 2700 Blk. S. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Tenement houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Building failures--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Housing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Pickets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Moving & storage trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Apartment houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African Americans--Dwellings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Johnston Street, 1200 Blk. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

10th Street, 2700 Blk. S. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Genre:

Elevations

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

120 photoprints : silver gelatin; 1 oversize photoprint

Place of Publication:

1934-1946

Summary:

Documents slum housing, building collapses, rowhouses, reconditioned housing, and new housing developments. Includes images of architectural models, elevations, and the selection of homes for demolition. Depicts views of construction in Mayfair, Germantown, Hill Creek and Juniata Park. Portrays the Housing Authority and Junior League inspecting neighborhoods. Includes views of groundbreaking ceremonies at Chatham Village, Girard Village, Queen Lane, and Shipstead Homes. Shows the Federal Housing Administration conducting a mortgage clinic and portrays office workers. Portrays the queue waiting to complete tenant applications at the Philadelphia Housing Authority. Documents registration offices and inspectors of defense housing at 30th Street Station. Includes a view taken in Germantown before project construction began. Shows the opening of Passyunk Homes (a defense housing project) and families moving into Abbotsford Homes, and Hill Creek. Contains interior and exterior views of defense housing at Pennypack Woods and the Tinicum Project. Domestic life is highlighted in several housing project images. There is a view of a black funeral procession, a striking image of a black family moving into the Belmont Avenue project, and several items focused on blacks at the construction and dedication of the Mason Housing Project at 20th and Lombard Streets. Also shows eviction notices received by families living in defense housing on the 2700 block of 10th Street and Johnston near 12th. These views highlight the streets as well as the residents. Includes exterior views of vancant buildings during a housing shortage. Oversize shows the Parker Avenue project, looking west from Broad Street.

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.

See inventory for specific names of projects. Refer to V7: 2878/2881/2883/2885/2887-2889/2891-2894/2896-2898/2900/2903-2907/2909/2913- 2914.