Lodging houses

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity (Pa.).

Homeless persons--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Lodging houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

8th Street, 300 Blk. N. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Vine Street, 800 Blk. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Homeless persons--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Lodging houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

8th Street, 300 Blk. N. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Vine Street, 800 Blk. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

30 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1937-1940

Summary:

Documents inspection of conditions in Philadelphia flophouses. Locations include 8th Street, Race Street, and Vine Street. Contains exterior views of Wayfarer's Lodge #1 and #2, a service of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity. Depicts bedrooms in lodging houses. Portrays homeless persons on the streets and in restaurants. Illustrates 8th Street between Race and Vine and Vine at 8th.

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.