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Photographic Collection Descriptions

Listed below are the major groupings for photographic collections held by the Archives. Linked to these titles are short descriptions. These descriptions are mostly linked to a longer description and/or inventory. These descriptions can also be viewed as an alphabetical list.





001A News Collections -----


Newsphotograph Collections(PC-56):

General collections of photographs covering a broad range of sites, activities and topics representative of the interests of the news media. Most items within the collections were produced by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Inquirer, and Daily News newspapers. Many of the images have been damaged by highlighting, marking, and inadequate storage conditions. Photographers will include Fabian Bachrach, Cortlandt V.D. Hubbard, Ledger Photo Service, H. Armstrong Roberts, and Jules Schick in addition to all the names mentioned under Newsnegative Collections below. Newsphotograph images are arrranged in the following collections:


Philadelphia, ca. 1900-Present (Bulk 1920-82), 150,000 items.

Approximately 15,000 subject headings which include the following broad categories: ACADEMY OF MUSIC; ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES; ACCIDENTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIR POLLUTION; ALIENS; ANIMALS; ANTIQUES; ART; ART ALLIANCE; AUTOMOBILES; AVIATION; AWARDS; BABIES; BANKS; BICYCLES; BLIND; BOARD OF EDUCATION; BOOKS; BOYS CLUBS; BRIDGES; BUILDINGS; BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY; CELEBRATIONS (including holidays, festivals, days of the year, and commemorations); CEMETERIES; CHESTNUT HILL (SECTION); CHILDREN; CHINATOWN (SECTION); CHURCHES; CIRCUS; CITY HALL; CIVIC CENTER; CIVIL DEFENSE; CONSULATES; CONTESTS; CONVENTION CENTER; CONVENTION HALL; COURTS; CRIME; CROWDS; DANCES AND DANCING; DAY CAMPS; DEAF AND DUMB; DELAWARE RIVER; DEMONSTRATIONS; DRAFT; ELECTRIC COMPANY (PECO); ENERGY; EUROPEAN RELIEF; EXPRESSWAYS AND HIGHWAYS; FASHIONS; FIRE DEPARTMENT; FIRES; FLAGS; FLOODS AND FLOOD RELIEF; FOOD; FORT MIFFLIN; FRANKFORD (SECTION); FRANKLIN INSTITUTE; FREE LIBRARY; GANGS; GERMANTOWN (SECTION); HAIR; HANDICAPPED; HEALTH DEPARTMENT; HOMES AND ORPHANAGES; HOSPITALS; HOTELS, APARTMENTS, AND HOUSING COMPLEXES; HOUSING; HOUSING PROJECTS; INDEPENDENCE HALL AND MALL; INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; JEWS; KENNEDY PLAZA; KENSINGTON (SECTION); KOREAN WAR; LABOR; LIQUOR; LOGAN CIRCLE; LOTTERIES; LUDLOW (SECTION); MANAYUNK (SECTION); MARKETS; MEDICINE; MODELS; MONEY; MOVIES; MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUILDING; MURDERS; MUSEUM OF ART; MUSIC; NARCOTICS; NAVY YARD; NEWSPAPERS; OLD CITY (SECTION); OLNEY (SECTION); OPERA; ORCHESTRA; ORGANIZATIONS; PARKS; PENN CENTER; PENN'S LANDING; PENNSYLVANIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION CENTERS; PLAYS; POLICE; POLITICS; PORNOGRAPHY; PORT; PRISONS; RADIO; RAILROADS; RECREATION DEPARTMENT; RECYCLING; RESCUES; RESTAURANTS, DELIS, BARS, AND NIGHTCLUBS; REYBURN PLAZA; RIOTS; RITTENHOUSE SQUARE; ROBBERIES; ROBIN HOOD DELL; RUBBISH; SAFETY CAMPAIGNS; SCHOOLS (including higher, parochial, private, and public); SCHUYKILL RIVER; SCIENCE; S.E.P.T.A.; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWERS; SHERIFF; SHIPS; SIGNS; SLUMS; SMOKING; SOCIETY HILL (SECTION); SPORTS AND GAMES; STADIA; STATUES; STREETS; TAXES; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; THEATERS; TOYS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES (GOVERNMENT); UNIVERSITY CITY (SECTION); VAGRANTS; VANDALISM; VETERANS; VIETNAM WAR; VISITORS; WASHINGTON SQUARE; WATER; WATERFRONT; WEAPONS; WEATHER; WHITMAN PARK (SECTION); WISSAHICKON (SECTION); WOMEN; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II; YOUTH; and ZOO.

Suburbs, ca. 1900-Present (Bulk 1920-82), 100,000 items.

Images from the area encompassing PA East of Harrisburg, NJ, MD, and DE. Includes general subject headings and city, county, and other geographic subject headings.


General Subject, ca. 1920-1982, 80,000 items.

Mostly wire service and public relations photography relating to a broad variety of subjects around the world. Files are stored off-site and require prior notification for access. The Urban Arhives does not own copyright to the majority of images.



Biographical, ca. 1920-present (Bulk 1920-1982), 360,000 items.

Mixture of local newspaper, wire service, and other source photography for approximately 40,000 individual names on the world, national and local scene. Most files are stored off-site and require prior notification for access.

Biographical Names, A-E
Biographical Names, F-J
Biographical Names, K-O
Biographical Names, P-T
Biographical Names, U-Z



Inquirer Subjects,1930s-1990s

Mixture of local newspaper and other source photography deposited by the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1983. The majority of images depict scenes and events in and around the Greater Philadelphia area.



001B Newsnegative Collections(PC-57):

These collections generally represent negatives produced as a result of staff photographer assignments at the Evening Bulletin, Inquirer, and Daily News newspapers in Philadelphia. Access to these images is limited due to arrangement by the date the negatives were shot. Newsnegatives are arranged in the following collections:


Evening Bulletin, ca. 1937-82(January only), 500 lf.

Negatives before 1972 were heavily weeded by the Bulletin staff and are accessible by subject or personal name. Negatives from 1972-82(January only) are accessible only by date. Color transparencies and slides are also available by date. Photographers include Anthony Bernato, Joshua Bernstein, Carl A. Breitinger, Don Camp, William S. Coward, James A. Craig, Eric Crosson, Robert E. Dias, Salvatore C. DiMarco, Jr., Jon Falk, Bob Fox, Vincent Gonzales, Thaddeus Govan, Jr., Sonnee Gottlieb, Charles T. Higgins, Dominic Ligato, Michael J. Maicher, Harry F. McGonigal, Joseph P. McLaughlin, Frederick A. Meyer, Frank P. "Tony Montone, George Nelson, Charles Newman, Sam Nocella, William Owens, Colleen O'Hara, Barbara Pachter, Joseph Del Palazzo, Augustine "Gus" Pasquarella, Dominic Pasquarella, Richard Rosenberg, Albert F. Schell, Raymond F. Stubblebine, Charles J. "Jack" Tinney, Joseph Tritsch, Maurice Upton, and Joseph Wasko. INVENTORY AVAILABLE FOR NEGATIVES BEFORE 1972 ONLY

Inquirer, ca. 1937-1997, 1,524 lf.

Most negatives are arranged by date shot with a small collection of undated materials. Some of the negatives have deteriorated to the point of being unuseable. A list of "historically important" and "Temple University" related negatives are available for the period 1937-65. Photographers include: Abrams, Ashton, William F. Augustine, Ballenberg, Bell, Gerard Benene, Arthur Bergey, Black, Blaustein, L. Bowman, Rick Bowmer, William M. Brown, Michael Bryant, Todd Buchanan, Anthony Calabro, Harold Carter, Cericola, Rob Clark, Jr., Joseph Kingston Coleman, Joseph Conley, William J. Connor, Ron Cortes, Costanzo, John Costello, John "Jack" Culross, D'Anella, Davenport, Davidson, Alexander Deans, De Franko, Dehner, Denges, Joseph Desiderio, De Wald, Alfred A. D'Lardi, J. G. Domke, Frank Dougherty, Art Dressler, Ron Dubick, Sean Patrick Duffy, Earnest S. Eddowes, Andrew Einhorn, Errigo, Wilmer R. Everly, Jr., Jon Falk, Link Faries, Claire Feinstein, John P. Filo, Peggy Fogarty, Charles Fox, Edward J. Freeman, Michael Freeman, Al Gold, Goodrich, Edmond Grady, Howard Hamburger, Newton Hartman, Hartstein, Haurin, L. Hess, Robert Hess, Bob Hill, Ed Hille, Holt, Ralph Holtsizer, Reynolds Huet, Hults, Huntoon, William Irving, Isaacs, David J. Jackson, Charles W. James, Arthur C. Jarvis, Ira Joffe, Frank Johnston, Kalfus, Michael Katakis, Lawrence Keighley, Dan Keleher, Tom Kelly, Kennedy, Laurence Kesterson, Harold Kimble, Harry Krause, Krist, Sara J. Krulwich, Greg Lanier, Lawrence, Sarah Leen, Lubens, Ludwig, J. Scott Lyons, Michael Mally, Mannino, Joseph T. Martin, James McAllister, Alexander McCaughey, McCuen, James McGarrity, Theresa McGettigan, M. McNichol, Meeker, Meyers, Eric Mencher, Miller, Montgomery, Robert L. Mooney, Newell, Edward Nicodemus, Paola Nogueras, O'Connor, Marty O'Grady, Clay Owen, Mike Plunkett, Powell, Larry C. Price, Otto Prinz, Gabe Puniska, Paul Raedig, Harry L. Raynore, Anthony Riccardi, Roman, Rose, Frank Ross, Gervase J. Rozanski, Robert Sacha, Robert Salgado, Russell F. Salmon, Saltzman, April Saul, Schell, Shomo, Nan Sloan, Robert Smith, Lorraine Staub, William F. Steinmetz, Robert Stevens, Brenda Steele, Aylmar Stopes, Akira Suwa, Tam, Ron Tarver, Kelso Taylor, Robert Teeple, Craig Terry, Thomson, Audrey C. Tiernan, Titley, Roger Tunis, Victoria Valerio, Vereen, Michael Viola, Robert Von Neida, Elizabeth Vorhauer, Albert Wagner, Joseph Walker, David M. Warren, Diane Weiss, Bonnie Weller, Charles White, Kendall Wilkinson, Gerald S. Williams, Michael S. Wirtz, and Sharon J. Wohlmuth. INVENTORY AVAILABLE FOR SELECTED NEGATIVES ONLY

Daily News, 1979-88, 67 lf.

Negatives are arranged by date shot. Photographers include Joey Adams, Berner, F. Patrick Bernet, Wilmer R. Everly, E.W. Faircloth, Norman Y. Lono, Joe Martin, Joseph McGuinn, Charles Meyers, Dennis O'Keefe, Samuel Psoras, Douglas Scott, Elwood P. Smith, Victoria Valerio, and Louis Zacharias. NO INVENTORY.

West Coast Newsnegative Collection, ca. 1936-49, 70 lf.

Collection of negatives with some contact prints produced by the Los Angeles office of MLA Publications, later Triangle Publications, the parent company of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The images relate to the needs of the various publication outlets of the parent company. The collection is heavily oriented towards the motion picture industry with some other topics such as horse racing, big bands, World War II, churches, wineries, and night clubs within the Greater Los Angeles area. A few images deal with Nazi and Ku Klux Klan activities and nudist camps. Some were produced for special articles such as "Girl Goes Wrong in Hollywood" and "How to Smoke". Photographers include Jack Albin, Bruce Bailey, Walt Davis, Evans Plummer, and J.B. Scott.

Color Transparencies and Prints Collection, (PC-68), ca. 1945-1982

Collection contains color transparencies produced and collected mostly by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin with a few from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Tranparencies are accessible through an interfiled subject and personal name index. The collection includes a few color prints copied from transparencies by the Archives.



002 Housing Association Photograph Collections(PC-1, 2, 4, 7-13), ca. 1897-1972, 31 lf.

Images produced for the Housing Association of the Delaware Valley (previously the Philadelphia Housing Association) and the Octavia Hill Association. Includes housing interiors and exteriors, streets, courts, alleys, public housing projects, privy vaults, and sanitation conditions. Most images are exteriors and the emphasis of the collections is on poor living conditions. Contains some images of African Americans. Some photographs are accessible through an index by address and by zip code. Photographers include Aero Service Corp., Bond Bros., Edward Gallob, Curtis George, W.E. Griffin, Harry W. Knoelke & Co., Jack Markus, Barrie Mason, W.G. Matthews, Sam Miller, Photo-Arts, Photo Illustrators, Jules Schick, Anthony J. Snively, Edward Wallowitch, and Lawrence Williams.

To assist researchers the Urban Archives has prepared the Streets and other Locations Index to the Philadelphia Housing Association and Octavia Hill Association Lantern Slide and Photograph Collections. This index provides access to identified photographs by Philadelphia street name or number, Philadelphia non-street locations, and non-Philadelphia locations. The Web contains the Index in three files. Other indexes to the Numbered Housing Association Collection are available by subject, date, and zip code. These indexes are only available in text form within the Archives' offices until such time as they are converted to html and made available on the Web.

Housing Association photograph collections at the Archives include the following:

1. Housing Association Numbered Photograph Collection, 1897-1972 (PC-01)

The Web contains a list (in nine files) of photograph information arranged by box and item number . Each photograph entry may contain a description, date, zip code, address, and photographer name. PC-2 is the set of negatives which accompanies the numbered collection and is arranged in the same manner.

2. Housing Association Unnumbered Photograph Collection, ca. 1918-1967 (PC-04).

A miscellany of photographs and negatives representing all photographic materials received from the Housing Association of the Delaware Valley which had not been filed in the numbered collection. Of particular interest are several folders dealing with the North Philadelphia area, especially the ca. 1920's materials which show groups of African American children.

3. PHA Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1904-1929 (PC-9)

A list of lantern slides by numbered subject category is available on the Web in three parts. The most useful lantern slides in this collection have been converted to photographic negatives (PC-8) with glossy prints (PC-7) produced for use by researchers.

4. PHA Prints from Lantern Slide Collection ca. 104-1929 (PC-7) NO INVENTORY

This collection consists of prints made from PHA Lantern slide collection, PC-7.



003 Young Women's Christian Association Photograph Collections:

Collections generally contain images of young women in activities sponsored by the YWCA within the Philadelphia area. The majority of images are undated and unidentified. African American women are portrayed in many of the collections. Photographers include Henry Bartle, Paul Bauer, Louis A. Blaul, Morton C. Bond, Bond-McGarry Studios, William J. Bornmann, Randolph Ciurlino, Gaston Devign, Ed Eckstein, John W. Gregory, E. Jane Hardcastle, Wert S. Hooper, Leroy Johnson, Elliott Kaufman, Kerper Associates, Mike Maicher, Mercantile Photo Service, Joseph Morsello, John W. Mosley, Edmond J. Murray, Photo-Arts, Photo-Illustrators, Walter P. Pidgeon, Walter F. Pullinger, Jr., Maurice Robbins, Jules Schick, H. Earle Shull, Jr., and Standard Photo Service.

Philadelphia, General (PC-32), ca. 1914-87, 1 lf.

Contains photographs of activities at many of the YWCA branches in the city including the North American Lace Co. branch. Also includes images depicting the preparation of braille books by the Volunteers Service for the Blind and portraits of famous women such as Princess Grace of Monaco, Coretta Scott King, and Marian Anderson.

Germantown (PC-46), ca. 1914-66, 1 lf.

Miscellaneous activities with some coverage of the Falls of Schuylkill Branch.

Germantown (PC-89), ca. 1930s-1960s, 1 lf.

Approximately half the images in this collection feature African Americans. Of special interest in this group are the images depicting a 1933 fashion show and the 1936 and 1938 Health Week and Health Campaign images including health examinations and a Wasserman test.

Philadelphia, Kensington Branch (PC-43), ca. 1965-73, 1 lf.

Miscellaneous snapshots.

Philadelphia, Southwest Belmont Branch (PC-29), ca. 1940-55, 0.25 lf.

Miscellaneous activities primarily involving AfricanAmerican women.

Philadelphia, Metropolitan (PC-85), ca. 1908-1973, 2 Linear Feet

Collection includes a variety of images of women and girls engaged in a variety of activities. Among the photographs are many images of activities at the Mid-City, Southwest Belmont, Frankford, Kensington, and Northeast branches of the YWCA. Among the images of note are a file depicting Camps Arcola and Whelen, a photograph album belonging to Katherine T. McCollin which includes Rau Studio interior and exterior images ca. 1908 of the YWCA League Branch and Business Womens Christian League building at 1222 Locust Street, and miscellaneous images of the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia ca. 1950.

Philadelphia, Northeast Branch (PC-88), ca. 1950-70, 0.5 lf.

Collection includes, besides the usual miscellaneous images of children and young adults engaged in a variety of activities, a few images of African Americans from the 50s which are probably from a location other than this branch. NO INVENTORY.



004 Panoramic Studios Collection (PC-3), ca. 1947, 0.25 lf.

Photographs, architectural drawings, and assorted other materials related to the development of the model of the City of Philadelphia used in the Better Philadelphia Exhibition. The model was created by Herman and Leonard Abrams of Panoramic Studios for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and was mounted in Gimbel's department store. Photographers include Jules Schick and Lawrence S. Williams.



005 University Settlements Photograph Collection (PC-5), ca. 1920-66, 0.25 lf.

Mostly snapshots of activities such as sports, classes, and camping related to Dixon House, Western Community House, and University House. Photographers include Nason & Cullen, Photo-Illustrators, Jules Schick, and Standard Photo Service Co.



006 Junto Photograph Collection (PC-6), ca. 1935-71, 0.5 lf.

Mostly unidentified and undated photographs documenting the activities of the Junto, an adult education organization in Philadelphia. Images generally depict course-related activities in such areas as acting for radio, art, cooking,etc. Photographers include Fabian Bachrach, Bornmann Photo, Classic Studio, Jules Schick, and Schonbrunn.



007 Keystone View Co. Stereopticon Views (PC-14), ca. 1900, 1 lf.

Images depict various activities around the world, although few locations are identified. Includes two views of Philadelphia school gardens, cutting ice with a saw in PA, and corn husking on a NJ farm.



008 Children's Country Week Association Photograph Collection (PC-15), unknown dates, 0.25 lf.

Includes a few unidentified and undated snapshots, full size prints of camping activities, and several half-tone blocks of sports and camp activities. NO INVENTORY



009 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Philadelphia Joint Board Photograph Collection(PC-16), ca. 1920-73, 0.5 lf.

Mostly dated oversized photographs of ACWA functions such as conventions, banquets, testimonial dinners, and union local ball/dance committees. Also includes some images of people at work in a cooperative apparel factory in Milwaukee, the opening of the Sidney Hillman Medical Center in Philadelphia, and union officers. Photographers include Alexander Archer, Richard T. Dooner, Drucker-Wilbert Co., Ben Maneinelli, Sam Miller, Phillips Studio, Maurice Robbins, Standard Flashlight Co., and Standard Photo Service Co.

010 Greater Philadelphia Movement Photograph Collection (PC-17), ca. 1955-71, 1.25 lf.

Mostly photographs of GPM meetings and annual dinners. Also includes some Philadelphia views including playgrounds, skyline of the City, Broad Street Station, and city neighborhoods/areas including Eastwick, Frankford, Pattison Avenue, South Philadelphia, and Southwest Temple. Photographers include Vincent April Photo Center, Bond McGarry Studios, Gilbert & Ring, Walter Holt, Jules Schick, Standard Photo Service Co., and G. Nelson Strubinger.



011 Home and School Council Photograph Collection(PC-18), ca. 1959-74, 0.5 lf.

Photographs of meetings and teas sponsored by the Council with some portraits of officers. Photographers include Isaac L. Auerbach, R. Carroll, Robinson, V. Scarcelli, and Charles W. Treen, Jr.



012 United Neighbors Association Photograph Collection(PC-19), ca. 1954-63, 0.5 lf.

Photographers include Edward J. D'Angelo.



013 Tile Layers' Union Photograph Collection(PC-20), ca. 1920-72, 0.25 lf.

Mostly images of union dinners, conferences, and conventions. One photograph shows a group of workers in the windows of a building under construction, possibly the Philadelphia Art Museum. Photographers include Bell Photographers, John B. Kelley, Martinez Studios, Frank Rogers & Son, Schutz, Standard Photo Service, John A. Tenschert, and Weintraub Photo.



014 Kensington Neighborhood House/Richmond Soup Kitchen Photograph Collection(PC-21), ca. 1910-28, 0.5 lf.

Includes images of outings for children, basket handouts on Bundle Day and Christmas, old ladies social hour and dinner, men's meeting for moral and spiritual uplift, soup kitchens, and miscellaneous other activities. Some photos feature Mrs. Millimento W. Ketchum, also known as "Mother" Ketchum, the "Angel of Kensington", and "The Santa Claus Lady." Photographers include Everett Brooks, Paul Menzen Studios, and Dan E. Paul.



015 Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri State District Photograph Collection(PC-22), ca. 1928-52, 5 lf.

High altitude aerial photographs for the 24 quadrangles in the district, some low altitude aerials of parts of Philadelphia and roads leading to Fairless Works, meetings and activities of the agency, the laying of granite block pavement in New York City, and portraits of Samuel F. Wetherwill, Jr. Photographers include Aero Service Corp., Wm. Shewell Ellis, and Phillips Studio.



016 John Cholerton Photograph Collection(PC-23), ca. 1923-41, 0.5 lf.

Avocational photographs by John Cholerton, a photographer for the Reading Railroad Company. Subjects include Philadelphia bridges, buildings, views, events, Valley Green, Toonerville Trolley, and statues.



017 King of Prussia Park Photograph Collection(PC-24), ca. 1934-52, 0.25 lf.

Photographs depict a plot of 623 acres originally owned by Alexander D. Irwin and sold for development in the 1950s. Images include building interiors and exteriors and general views of the acreage. The plot was located at the intersection of the Schuylkill Expressway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the Valley Forge interchange. Photographers include Peter Paul.



018 Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement Photograph Collection(PC-25), ca. 1962-84, 0.25 lf.

Mostly unidentified and undated photographs showing children, housing, meetings, and other group activities. Photographers include Fabian Bachrach, LeRoy E. Brown, Jr., Bruce Elliot Hirsch, Bill Peronneau, and Frank Ross.



019 English-Speaking Union, Philadelphia Branch Photograph Collection(PC-26), ca. 1955-68, 0.25 lf.

Mostly views of branch exhibits, dinners, and exchange groups. Photographers include Dan McGarigle, Phillips Studio, and Jules Schick.



020 Nationalities Service Center Photograph Collection(PC-27), ca. 1936-1990, 4 Linear Feet

Views of ethnic group activities such as balls, exhibits, and festivals; organization parties and activities; and activities at the Folk Fair, 1964-1980. Contains some images on topics such as War Relocation Authority relocation of Japanese Americans, the Minidoka Project, and Seabrook Farm Village. Also contains some interior views of the organization's building under its previous name, Philadelphia International Institute. Photographers include Eugene J. Amenra, Ashton Photographic Studio, Glick Studio, Reuben E. Hall, Mike Maicher, John Mansure, Maxim Studio, John W. Mosley, Photo-Illustrators, A.D. Porter, Jules Schick, Stephanson Studio, P.C. Sykes, and G. Marshall Wilson.



021 City Parks Association Photograph Collection(PC-28), ca. 1890-1930, 1.5 lf.

Includes mostly Philadelphia views related to parks and general living conditions and the following subjects: Ardmore, PA; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Bourneville, England; Bryn Mawr, PA; Buckman Village, PA; Chicago, IL (Washington Park); Chinley, England; Cleveland, OH (waterfront); Darby, PA; Delanco, NJ; Fairview, NJ; Garret Road - Delaware County; Harrisburg, PA; Indian Creek; Latham Park; Llanberries Road - Montgomery County; Longacre Park; Marcus Hook, PA; Merion, PA; Mill Creek; Narberth, PA; New York City; Poquessing Creek; Port Sunlight, England; Ridley Creek; San Francisco, CA; Sesquicentennial; Stonehurst, PA; Sun Hill Village, PA; Valley Forge, PA; Washington, D.C.; Wilkes Barre, PA.; Wilmington, DE; Wynnewood, PA - Old World Village; and Yorkship Village. Photographers include Heiser Co., William M. Rittase, Stanley Elmore Stady, and Phillip B. Wallace.



022 Wharton Centre Photograph Collection(PC-30), ca. 1930-55, 1.5 lf.

Photographs are generally unidentified, undated, and depict African American children and youth in activities sponsored by the Centre. Includes some exterior views of Wharton's building, the Wharton Sounders basketball team, and ceramic and pottery works in Haiti.



023 Bureau for Colored Children Photograph Collection(PC-31), ca. 1945, 0.25 cf.

Views of children at work and play, Allderdice School, main organization buildings, and the farm and vocational school at Pomeroy, NJ.



024 Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission (MOVE Commission) Photograph Collection(PC-33), 1985, 1.25 lf.

Images concern the police bombing and subsequent burning of the MOVE organization's compound on Osage Avenue. There are a very few views of the compound prior to and during the fire. Most of the collection is Police Department photography of the compound area after the fire including remains of victims. For earlier and similar MOVE images see collection -001.



025 United Saw, Files, and Steel Product Workers Photograph Collection(PC-34), ca. 1900-29, 0.25 lf.

Majority of photographs depict workers at the Disston Saw Works involved in the production of saws, files, and trowels. One image includes women workers. Photographers include Bond Bros. and Photo Art Studios Of Portland, OR.



026 Settlement Music School Photograph Collection(PC-35), ca. 1917-68, 0.5 lf.

Mostly undated and uncaptioned photos depicting children at artistic, dramatic, and musical activities. Photographers include Eugene J. Amenra, Chappel Studio, Alfred A. DeLardi, Harry Finberg, Elias Goldensky, Alan D. Hewitt, Miriam Tana Hoban, Kubey-Rembrandt Studios, Margery Lewis, Richard K. Mallin, Sam Miller, J.D. Narbeth, Betty Nettis, Photo-Illustrators, Harry Pinkerson, William H. Rau, Rembrandt Studios, Jules Schick, and Adrian Siegel.



027 Houston Community Center/St. Martha's House Photograph Collection(PC-36), ca. 1904-70, 1 lf.

Mostly undated and uncaptioned photos depicting children engaged in a variety of organized activities. Also includes luncheons, senior citizens, Southwark Community Council Athletic Field, and vacant buildings and lots. Photographers include Robert Bauers, Casella Studio, Herm Gellar, Thomas Hanks, Milton R. Holmes, Laskey Studio, Sol Levitt, A.D. Porter, and Slutsky Studio.



028 Friends Neighborhood Guild Photograph Collection(PC-37), ca. 1940-80, 0.5 lf.

Mostly undated and uncaptioned photos of children in various organized activities. Also includes the displaced Sodbinow and Dambinow families, senior citizen apartments, Penn Town Council, play parades in Philadelphia and Cape May, NJ, and a rehabilitation project of Oscar Stonorov. A file "tuberculosis" contains images of x-rays and men in flophouses and on the street. Photographers include Carl Dahlgren, Hazel Kingsbury, Toshi Kitagawa, W.B. Nickerson, Benjamin Schnall, and Sam Spina.



029 International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local #13 Photograph Collection(PC-38), ca. 1960-78, 0.25 lf.

Mostly snapshots dealing with labor negotiations, a strike at General Electric, social events, labor classes, meetings, and conventions. Photographers include Catalano Photography, Robert Ratner, and Victor's Photography.



030 Committee of Seventy Photograph Collection(PC-40), ca. 1958-71, 1 lf.

Most images are uncaptioned. Includes primarily photographs of meetings, luncheons, election day activities by members, and voting machines. Photographers include Fabian Bachrach, Morton C. Bond, Brunel Studio, Ed Eckstein, Charles B. Ford, Gondy, Sam Miller, and Jules Schick.



031 Ben Barkas/Labor Education Association Photograph Collection(PC-41), ca. 1939-63, 1 lf.

Images depict meetings, conferences, training activities, and workshops. Includes exteriors of Central Manual Training School, Dobbins Vocational School, and Hudson Shore Labor School. Also includes images of training programs ca. 1939 -1941 at the following Philadelphia schools: Bartram, Bok, Dobbins, Fleisher, Franklin, Mastbaum, Overbrook, and Tilden. Photographers include Joseph Morsello.



032 Germantown Community Council Photograph Collection(PC-42), ca. 1938-61, 1 lf.

Includes some views of housing and streets in the Germantown area, the Vernon building, a public health center, the Eastern Psychiatric Institute, and the Queen Lane Housing Project. Most images depict activities at the Vernon Fair during Germantown Week. Also includes portraits of artists Beatrice Fenton and Frederick Gill. Photographers include Richard Kaplinski, Mike Maicher, Joseph Morsello, Edward Murray, Sam Nocella, Len Overturf, Albert Renick, and Jules Schick.



033 Philadelphia Fellowship Commission Photograph Collection (PC-44), ca. 1946-85, 2.5 lf.

Contains a broad variety of photos delineating the work of the agency in race relations including award banquets, meetings, conferences, seminars, dedications, film discussions, teacher clinics, and visiting groups. Also includes portraits and/or activity shots of Clement R. Attlee, Mollie Berg, Leonard Bernstein, Albert N. Brown, Ralph Bunche, Cardinals Bea and Krol, Shirley Chisholm, Joseph S. Clark, Jr., Milton Clark, Constance Clayton, Bishop Robert L. DeWitt, Helen O. Dickens, Governor Alfred Driscoll, James Edwards, Julius Erving, John Facenda, Maurice Fagan, H. H. Giles, Wilson Goode, William T. Granahan, Harry J. Greene, Alfred M. Greenfield, Ivor Griffith, Vera Gunn, Richard Hatcher, John Hersey, Charlton Heston, James L. Hicks, Selma Hirsch, Paul G. Hoffman, Langston Hughes, Hubert Humphrey, Chet Huntley, Jacob Javits, Danny Kaye, Robert F. Kennedy, Otto Kerner, Coretta Scott King, Arthur Koestler, John Lindsay, Thacher Longstreth, Joe Louis, Malcom X, Burke Marshall, Vincent P. McDevitt, James Michener, Juanita Moore, Willard Motley, Edward R. Murrow, Marjorie Penney, Millie Perkins, Sidney Poitier, Joachim Prinz, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, E. Washington Rhodes, Frank Rizzo, Jackie Robinson, Carlos P. Romulo, Eleanor Roosevelt, Willard Rouse, Carl Rowan, Carl Sandburg, Malcolm Scott, Governor William Scranton, Eric Severeid, Spyros Skouras, William Gardner Smith, Carl B. Stokes, David Ullman, Rudy Vallee, Alice Walker, Mike Wallace, Walter White, Roy Wilkins, Shelley Winters, Morton Wishengrad, Dr. Wolfgang, and Whitney Young, Jr. Also includes images of African Americans at work including Betty Barnes at Atlantic Refining and Walter B. Flagg at Smith, Kline & French, and the strike at the Philadelphia Record ca. 1947. Photographers include Fabian Bachrach, Blackstone-Shelburne, Bond-McGarry Studios, Leonard Cohen, Thomas Hanks, Allan D. Hewitt, L'Image Studios, Margaret Lewis, James McGary, Metropolitan Photo Service, Sam Miller, Sam Nocella, Frank Orlando, Maurice Orodenker, Phillips Studio, Photo-Arts, Photo-Associates, Jules Schick, and Jack Snyder.



034 Philadelphia Board of Education Photograph Collection(PC-45), ca. 1915-29, 0.25 lf.

Mostly images of vocational training for male and female students in classes that are often racially mixed. Training includes auto repair, printing press work, pharmacy/nursing, sewing/tailoring, and wallpapering. Also includes vaccinations, home economics, immigrant women learning English, Shippen school, an open air school, street scenes on Lindley and Sheldon, and views of the neighborhood surrounding the Kay and Longfellow schools.



035 Urban Affairs Partnership Photograph Collection(PC-47), unknown dates, 0.5 lf.

Slides of charts, maps, and photographs presumably used for a lecture. NO INVENTORY.



036 World Trade Council: 1980 Life Insurance Executives Delegation to People's Republic of China(PC-48), 1980, 0.25 lf.

Color slides of Hong Kong and cities in the People's Republic of China taken during trip. NO INVENTORY.



037 Miscellaneous Photographs Collection(PC-49), 1.25 lf.

This collection consists of individual images or very small collections of images which are more easily handled when grouped and stored together.



038 Opportunities Industrialization Center Photograph Collection(PC-51) 2 Linear Feet

The OIC was created in 1964 under the leadership of the Rev. Leon Sullivan and is based in Philadelphia. The OIC of America is a national network of employment and training centers serving the hardcore poor and unemployed. OIC International was founded to contribute to the economic and social development of primarily Third World countries through the establishment of skills training programs. Images include local and national members and officials; buildings and groundbreaking ceremonies; and trainees, interns, and vocational classes. Also includes annual meetings and convocations which include prominent figures such as Jimmy Carter, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Winnie Mandela, and Bishop Tutu. Photographers include Joseph Griffith, J.R. White Studio, Jack T. Franklin, George T. Hale, Fabian Bachrach, Savoy Studios, M.E. Walter Enterprises, Inc., G. Marshall Wilson, Patrick J. Osmonson, and S.K. Bryson.



039 Home Missionary Society Photograph Collection(PC-52), ca. 1900-10, 1.25 lf.

Photographs removed from case files of the organization. Mostly portraits of client children shot by F. Gutekunst. Collection is closed to researchers except with written permission from the Inter-Church Child Care Society. NO INVENTORY.



040 Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Photograph Collection(PC-53), ca. 1972-87, 1 lf.

Miscellaneous photos related to dance, music, art, and other cultural events in the Philadelphia area. Includes images of the Philadelphia Festival of 1973 and 1975 and portraits of John Goberman, Ivan Nagy, and Boris Sokoloff. Photographers include Laird Bindrim, Henry Grossman, Deng Jeng Lee, Duane Perry, Adrian Siegel, Susanne Faulkner Stevens, and Bruce Stromberg.



041 Upholsterers International Union Photograph Collection(PC-54b), ca. 1882-1973, 45 lf.

Most photographs deal with activities of the union involving banquets, conventions, meetings, Executive and Pension Board, and office workers. Includes extensive photography of the Salhaven community and President Sal B. Hoffman. Also includes a small number of images of union members at work and on strike and portraits of William Kohn and Al Rota. Photographers include Paul Almquist, Alexander Archer, J. Sam Johnson, Mort Kaye Studios, Larson Studio, Mike Maicher, Sam R. Quincey, Maurice Robbins, B. Kenneth Roberts, Standard Photo Service.



042 Miscellaneous Exhibits Collection(PC-55).

This collection is comprised of groups of copy prints used in exhibits sponsored by the Urban Archivesor other organizations. Faces and Scenes from the Sixties, 1960-1970: Activities within Philadelphia during the decade often involving Vietnam protests, civil rights meetings, and featuring personalities such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John F. and Robert Kennedy, and the Beatles. Photographers for this exhibit include William Brown, Harold Carter, Alexander Deans, William Everly, Ed Freeman, Charles W. James, James L. McGarrity, Joe Martin, Anthony Riccardi, Gervase Rozanski, Elwood P. Smith, Michael Viola, and Albert Wagner.



043 Bassano, Ltd. Photograph Collection (PC-59), ca. 1920-1939, 4.5 lf.

Formal portraits produced by Bassano, Ltd, a society photographer in London, England, and provided to the Public Ledger newspaper in Philadelphia. Includes members of European nobility, English government officials, sports celebrities, theatrical performers, and prominent citizens including Americans visiting England. Photographs are generally accompanied by biographical sketches.



044 Barnett Karp Photograph Collection(PC-65), 1934-1955, 1 lf.

Photographs are generally panoramic views of delegates to ILGWU meetings and banquets. Also includes head and shoulders of Karp, booklets for testimonial dinner, illustrated book for 1937 ILGWU convention, and a published "I.L.G.'er Scrap Book, May 1956-May 1959" produced by ILGWU's Upper South Department and Baltimore Joint Board. NO INVENTORY.



045 Souvenir Views of the Bicentennial Photograph Collection(PC-66), 1976, 2 lf.

Collection includes mounted and unmounted prints, negatives, and textual materials. The collection consists of materials collected for an exhibit in the Lecture Hall of Samuel paley Library by membersd of the American Studies Program. The exhibit was entitled "201: Souvenir Views of the "Anniversary of the Signing of the..." A Documentary Exhibit on the Bicentennial Event." Images generally illustrate activities during the Bicentennial celebration. NO INVENTORY.



046 Color Transparencies and Prints Collection (PC-68), ca. 1945-1982,

Collection contains color transparencies produced and collected mostly by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin with a few from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Transparencies are accessible through an interfiled subject and personal name index. The collection includes a few color prints copied from Bulletin transparencies by the Archives.



047 Girard Family Stores Photograph Collection, (PC-70), 1923, 1 lf.

Collection of 30 photographs which are the work of the Ricker Studio, 123 South Eleventh Street, Philadelphia. Girard Family Stores was a company owned by William H. Eden and sold in 1926 when he became a vice-president of American Stores Company. Photographs generally depict interiors and exteriors of individual stores without addresses. Folder 15 contains an interior ofthe company offices at 202 North 21st Street, an interior of the company warehouse, and a view of the delivery fleet. Folder 14 contains photographs of the Girard Family Store product line. NO INVENTORY.



048 Nudes and Nudity Photograph Collection(PC-71), 1930-1959, 2 lf.

Collection was originally received as a separately filed group of photographs along with the subject and biographical files donated by the Philadelpkia Inquirer. The subjects are unclothed or partially clothed individuals, generally female, and were mostly produced in Europe, particularly Paris. Photographers include Globe Photo, Photo Veree, Studio Reiss, Photo Piaz/Studio Piaz/Teddy Piaz, and Phot Willinger. Includes the "Hills of Hollywood" series, nude models in art classes, views in a nudist camp, the Globe series "Shall Prostitution Be Abolished or Restricted" with Marie Dolores, How to Take a Bath" with Ginger Alton, and various clothed and unclothed photographs of Sally Rand. Of interest are various photographs of nudes wrapped in cellophane. NO INVENTORY



049 Philadelphia Board of Realtors(PC-72), 1930-1962, 5 lf.

Photographs include images of organization activities, portraits, and other images such as those of buildings. Materials were acquired by the organization to be used in their magazine The Realtor. Photographers represented in the collection include Philip B. Wallace and Elias Goldensky among others.



050 Powelton Mantua Educational Fund(PC-58), 1971, 1982, 1990-1994, 1 lf.

Collection contains mostly color snapshots of children in the organization's after-school program.



051 N.A.A.C.P., Philadelphia Branch(PC-75), 1944-1984, .5 lf.

Collection contains mostly unidentified and undated photographs of individuals and activities. Activities include 1944 membership drive and PTC Strike. Includes photography by Charles Mosley, Jack T. Franklin, and Peace Photo.



052 Walter M. Phillips(PC-74), ca. 1950-1960, .5 lf.

Most images in the collection feature Mr. Phillips and his activities in Philadelphia civic affairs Photographers represented in the collection includeDufor Plhotographic Studio, Jules Schick, Elwood P. Smith, and Photo Arts.



053 Newspaper Illustrations(PC-50), ca. 1911-1982.

This collection consists of sketches, caricatures, cartoons, drawings, maps, and charts removed from the photograph collections donated to the University by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and Philadelphia Inquirer. Files are arranged by subject and personal names width the personal name folders located in Box 9.



054 Oscar Stern(PC-78),1956-1964.

Photographs which were found in the Oscar Stern manuscript collection files have been removed and filed separately as PC-78. Photographs mounted in appraisal reports have been photocopied and the copies filed in this PC. Photographs which have been removed or copied are noted by a PC" added to the file description in the inventory for the manuscript collection and a folder has been inserted in PC-78 utilizing the matching manuscript collection folder number from which the photos were removed/copied. . Many of the photographs in this collection depict appraised properties. The inventory for the manuscript collection also includes an address list which may be used to locate images. Therefore it is recommended that researchers utilize the manuscript collection inventory as their location tool.



055 Gray Panthers(PC-91),ca. 1960-1980, 20 Linear Feet

A miscellaneous and unsorted collection of photographs depicting activities relating to the senior citizen rights group the Gray Panthers and its founder Maggie Kuhn.



056 Acme Telephoto(PC-73), ca. 1940s-1950s, 4.5 lf.

A miscellaneous collection of newsnegatives taken by staff photographers for Acme Telephoto. The negatives are arranged by date and descriptions accompany each negative. The Urban Achives does not own copyright and individuals seeking permission to use these negatives must contact United Press International. NO INVENTORY AVAILABLE.



057 Philadelphia Press Association (PC-90), ca. 1980s-1990s

This collection contains contest submissions mostly from staff photographers from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.



058 South Street/Strawberry Mansion (PC80),1909-1970s

This collection contains mostly unidentified black and white and color slides of the South Street and the Strawberry Mansion neighborhoods of Philadelphia. The bulk of the images were taken in the 1970s and show street scenes, housing, parks, and neighborhood residents at work and play. NO INVENTORY.



059 Spruce Hill Community Association (PC79), 1961-1979

This collection contains mostly color slides primarily documenting activities of the Spruce Hill Community Association.



060 Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig (PC-92, PC-95), ca. 1950s-1970s

This collection contains approximately 1700 color slides taken by the father of Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig.The images taken in the 1950s-1970s depict scenes in and around the Philadelphia area focusing on Center City skylines and construction sites.



061 Octavia Hill Association (PC-11,12,13), ca. 1900-1912

The Octavia Hill Association was incorporated in 1896 to improve working class housing conditions. The Association purchased and renovated deteriorated properties and rented them to persons they thought could maintain them. Collection includes glass lantern slides, negatives and photograph reprints relating to the Association's properties and community activities in Philadelphia. NO INVENTORY.



Octavia Hill Association Lantern Slides(PC-10), ca. 1900-1912, 1 lf.

Collection includes lantern slides showing housing interiors and exterior before and after renovations, court yards and street scenes around Philadelphia. The collection also contains negatives and photograph reprints from selected lantern slides.



062 Click Magazine (PC-93), ca. 1930s-1940s

The collection consists of photographs included in the tabloid magazine Click which was owned and operated by M.L. Annenberg, publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer.



063 Landau Advertising (PC-67), ca. 1970s

The collection consists of photographs of billboard advertisements in and around Philadelphia from the 1970s. Some of the images are identified and have negatives. NO INVENTORY.



064 Bentancourt Slide Collection (PC-82)

The collection consists of photographs of images of Philadelphia architecture, taken by Philip Betancourt, Professor of Art History. For more information see web site http://diamond.temple.edu and select Digital Diamond. NO INVENTORY



065 C. William Fox Architectural Slide Collection (PC-94)

The collection consists of architectural slides of important local and international buildings. The slides were collected by William C. Fox, Professor of Architecture. For more information see web site http://diamond.temple.edu and select Digital Diamond.




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