Still Philadelphia : a photographic history, 1890-1940 / Fredric M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, Allen F. Davis.

Main entry:

Miller, Fredric, author.

Title & Author:

Still Philadelphia : a photographic history, 1890-1940 / Fredric M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, Allen F. Davis.

Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 1983.

Description:

xvii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The city of the 1890s -- Immigrant havens -- Workshop of the world -- The vision of reform -- A gallery of faces -- Technologies of change -- The rise of the downtown -- The new Philadelphia -- The city of the 1930s.

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 urban exuberance and vitality where ethnic groups mixed and mingled, but it is also the story of slums and poverty, crime and conflict.--Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0877223068
9780877223061
0877223076
9780877223078

Subject:

Manners and customs
Philadelphia (Pa.) Pictorial works.
Philadelphia (Pa.) Social life and customs Pictorial works.
Philadelphie (Penns.) Mœurs et coutumes Ouvrages illustrés.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Vogel, Morris J.
Davis, Allen Freeman, 1931-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 60439
Call No.: ID:85-B7007
Status: Available

Location: Library main 60438
Call No.: ID:85-B7007
Status: Available

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