Glimpses of Industrial Philadelphia under its Ever-Present Canopy of Smoke and Steam
Title
Glimpses of Industrial Philadelphia under its Ever-Present Canopy of Smoke and Steam
Subject
Philadelphia, Evening Ledger, Kensington, Third Street, Lehigh Avenue, Reading Tracks, People's Trust Building, Pennsylvania Railroad, Spring Garden Street Bridge, Midvale Steel Works, Nicetown.
Description
An article from the Evening Ledger newspaper on Valentine's Day, 1916 shows a collage of industrialized Philadelphia, particularly the Kensington textile manufacturing district, the Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, and the Midvale Steel Plant in Nicetown.
Creator
Evening Public Ledger
Source
Penn State University Libraries/Evening Public Ledger Archives/Library of Congress
Publisher
WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014
Date
February 14, 1916
Contributor
Richard Fontanet
Format
JPG
Type
Still image
Original Format
Newspaper
Files
Citation
Evening Public Ledger, “Glimpses of Industrial Philadelphia under its Ever-Present Canopy of Smoke and Steam,” Goin' North, accessed July 26, 2024, https://goinnorth.org/items/show/198.