Item Info
Item No: pdch00221
Title: Aerial Views, Tacony area of Phila
Media Type:
Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Image taken by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographer Charles T. Higgins. Notes on the negative's envelope read: "August 1951, aerial views, Tacony area of Phila"
This August 1951 image shows an aerial view of the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia. At the top is the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, spanning the Delaware River, into Palmyra, NJ. The major road running diagonally across the lower right corner is Torresdale Avenue.
Creation Year: 1951
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.045111
Geocode Latitude:40.025996
Creator Name: Higgins, Charles - Photographer