Women's organizations

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Record.

Tea parties--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

War work--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Newspaper industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Police--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Candy.

Women--Organizations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Local Subjects:

Tea parties--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

War work--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Newspaper industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Police--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Candy.

Women--Organizations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

15 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1938-1946

Summary:

Portrays members of the Bennett Club in Philadelphia during an opening tea. Shows charitable activities of Philadelphia's Club for Advertising Women, including a fashion show, a historical tableau, and the ceremony surrounding a gift of an ambulance to Britain. Shows contributions of supplies towards the war effort by the Fell Home and School Association. Includes a view of the presentation of a bomber to the war effort by the Philadelphia Federation of Women's Clubs. Portrays women playing bridge at the Women's Club of Germantown, and volunteer registration for the Women's Home Defense Association. Shows Women in Graphic Arts visiting the art and print department of the Philadelphia Record. Documents the Women's University Club visit to the Police Department, highlighting fingerprinting, the chemical lab, and the photo department. Portrays women from the Soroptimist Club of Philadelphia sucking lollipops.

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.