Still Philadelphia : a photographic history, 1890-1940 /
This is a book about Philadelphia and about photography, but it is not the usual book about either. On one level, this is the pictorial story of a great industrial metropolis in transition. It is the story of a railroad city, a city of trolleys and subways and horse-drawn vehicles, as it gradually s...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
1983.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | This is a book about Philadelphia and about photography, but it is not the usual book about either. On one level, this is the pictorial story of a great industrial metropolis in transition. It is the story of a railroad city, a city of trolleys and subways and horse-drawn vehicles, as it gradually succumbed to the automobile. It is the story of a city filled with neighborhood industry giving way to suburbs, to commuter travel, and to a change in the very nature of work. It is the story of a city spreading out, expanding and doubling in population in fifty years. It is the story of urba. |
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| Item Description: | Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 290 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781439907610 1439907617 |
