Philadelphia Government Employees

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Office equipment & supplies.

Wages.

Paydays--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Labor unions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Local Subjects:

Civil service--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Office equipment & supplies.

Wages.

Paydays--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Labor unions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

2 manuscripts

31 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1938-1946

Summary:

Most images illustrate Philadelphia's payroll system for city employees. Shows employees at payday, issuing checks, and office machines used to tabulate payroll. Portrays labor meeting at Turners Hall of the Municipal Employees Union as well as the meeting between union officials and the mayor. Includes documentation of employee macing.

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.