Street cleaning

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Street cleaning.

Refuse disposal--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African Americans--Employment--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Vehicles.

Local Subjects:

Street cleaning.

Refuse disposal--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African Americans--Employment--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Vehicles.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

43 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1929-1946

Summary:

Documents Philadelphia's campaign to keep the streets clean. Shows several types of cleaning equipment, ranging from horse drawn wagons, to motorized sweepers and other vehicles. Shows rubbish on the streets as well as garbage wagons and trucks. Includes a view of the garbage barge on Girard Point. Portrays city residents picketing for cleaner streets and participating in cleaning. Contains portraits of the street cleaning crew, many of whom are black. Also portrays violators at rubbish court. Other images depict street cleaning vehicles and street sweepers in new York, Berlin, and London.

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.