Taxicabs

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile driving--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Veterans--United States.

Strikes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Taxicabs.

Local Subjects:

Automobile driving--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Veterans--United States.

Strikes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Taxicabs.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

85 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1928-1946

Summary:

Depicts taxicabs and drivers from Philadelphia cab companies, including P.R.T. cabs, the Mitten Cab Service, G.I. taxicabs, and Yellow Cabs. Portrays mechanics working on vehicles. Highlights women drivers. Contains images of radios and meters. Documents veterans protesting and picketing as well as a hearing regarding the franchise of the G.I. Taxicab Association. Shows Yellow Cabs in line at 30th Street Station and the Academy of Music. Documents cab drivers striking against P.R.T. and the Yellow Cab Company. P.R.T. images depict pickets, arrests, and cabs driven into the Delaware. Yellow Cab views illustrate the hearing, workers applying for unemployment compensation, and independents returning to work. Other images depict antique cabs in Europe, special cabs for veterans and for children, a cab interior, and social customs between passenger and driver.

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.