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[Trade catalogs from Philadelphia Business Progress Assoc.]

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Company Name

Philadelphia Business Progress Assoc.

Date

1900s

Record ID

SILNMAHTL_31817

Type of material

Trade catalogs
Trade literature

Notes content

Two reports (1930): "Transportation Facilities in the Philadelphia Area" ; "Power Resources in the Philadelphia Area."

Includes

Histories
Black and white images

Physical description

2 pieces; 1 box

Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Location

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic (Romaine term)

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)
Bridges
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)
Electrical apparatus and equipment
Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)
Printing; publishing; paper and bookselling (including type specimens)
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies
Real Estate
Road building machinery and equipment

Topic

Advertising
Aeronautics
Airplanes
Airships
Automobiles
Balloons
Boats and boating
Book industries and trade
Bridge construction industry
Business
Candles
Coal
Commerce
Commercial real estate
Electric apparatus and appliances
Fuel
Industrial real estate
Lamps
Lighting
Marine machinery
Marketing
Motor vehicles
Petroleum
Printing machinery and supplies
Publishers and publishing
Railroad equipment industry

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

SILNMAHTL_31817
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