Benjamin Franklin Bridge Photograph Album
name: label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Names
content: Modjeski, Ralph, 1861-1940
place: label: Place
content: Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Place
content: Philadelphia (Pa.)
label: Place
content: Camden (N.J.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Suspension bridges
label: Topic
content: Ceremonies -- United States
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Pennsylvania
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection purchased in 1987.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Benjamin Franklin Bridge Photograph Album
abstract: label: Summary
content: Sixty-six pages from a photograph album compiled by an anonymous photographer, documenting the Philadelphia-Camden or Delaware River Bridge, now called the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1922-1926.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Work and Industry  to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1029
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by the Division of Work and Industry.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Pages from a photograph album compiled by an anonymous photographer, documenting the Philadelphia-Camden or Delaware River Bridge, now called the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The album includes images of a parade celebrating the beginning of construction of the bridge, demolition of buildings to make room for the bridge, the construction, the machinery, the caissons, and the celebration of completion. The Chief Engineer, Ralph Modjeski, is also depicted. The images contain detailed captions.