Philadelphia schools

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Children--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Classrooms--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Students.

Shipping--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

School overcrowding--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Local Subjects:

Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Children--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Classrooms--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Students.

Shipping--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

School overcrowding--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

60 photoprints : silver gelatin; 2 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller

Place of Publication:

1934-1946

Summary:

Images illustrate education in Philadelphia schools. Contains architectural renderings and exterior views of several schools, particularly secondary schools. Many photographs document the first and last day of school as well as depictions of students en route to school. There are also interior views that show overcrowding. Includes scenes of children at the blackboard, with their teachers, in the schoolyard, and at lunch. Depicts special classes in foreign languages, telegraphy, and aviation. Contains views of football, biking, rallies, clubs, and charitable services. Includes graduation scenes. Portrays boys working as stevedores and in other jobs to compensate for the manpower shortage. Oversize shows mothers of children from the Ethan Allen Public School, blocking traffic to protest removal of policemen from crosswalk.

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.