Rare 1929 Philadelphia Atlas -Wards 23 & 41. Tacony etc

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Title: Atlas of the City of Philadelphia

23rd & 41st Wards

From Actual Surveys and Official Plans

Showing the Frankford and Tacony / Wissinoming Regions etc. of Philadelphia

Complete with 31 Double-Page, Hand-Colored Maps

Published in 1929

Complete with all The Maps and Text.

Published in Philadelphia: By G. W. Bromley & Co.

Size: Elephant Folio: 23" x 18"

Above:  In the Original Cover.   Size: Elephant Folio: 23" x 18"

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Above:  Title Page States the 1929 Publication Date

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Above:  Includes 31 Double-Page, Hand-Colored Maps of Wards 23 and 41 in Philadelphia

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Above: The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

Atlas Published in 1929, the Same Year this Bridge Was Opened.

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Above:  Each Map Shows the Contruction Materials of all the Buildings, Plus Trolley Lines, etc.

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Above:  Each Map Shows Names of Property Owners and of Businesses

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Above:  Each Map Shows Names of Property Owners and of Businesses

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Above:  Includes the Index Map

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Above:  Includes the Page of Street Index

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A Rare Philadelphia Atlas

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This atlas shows the 23rd and 41st wards of Northeast Philadelphia, which include several regions of  the city, including Frankford, Tacony, Wissinoming, Holmesburg, and Torresdale.  

This region of Philadelphia is bordered by the Delaware River and New Jersey to the east and south, Bensalem Township in Bucks County and Poquessing Creek to the east, Frankford Creek to the south and west, and lies south of Frankford Avenue.

The maps include today's Torresdale Avenue, Route 95 / Delaware Expressway, Cheltenham Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Cedar Hills Cemetery, Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Magnolia Cemetery, Historical Society of Frankford, etc.

This atlas was published a few years after the opening of  the Frankford Elevated Line, which opened in 1922, and is part of today's SEPTA Market-Frankford Line. This atlas was published the same year as the opening on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in 1929, which is shown in the maps.

Today this region is known for its large Irish-American, Italian-American, and African-American communities.  Tacony was originally founded by English industrialist Henry Disston.  Tacony is home to a minor league football team called the Tacony Eagles.

The Holmesburg region was named for the descendants of John Holme who immigrated to Philadelphia in the 1680s.  Holmesburg previously was a part of Delaware Township of Philadelphia County, and was a part of Lower Dublin Township.

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The 31 double-page, hand-colored maps include an index map of the two wards, plus 30 maps of the two wards.

The maps include Frankford Creek which meets the Delaware River in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia.  That stream originates as Tookany Creek at Hill Crest in Cheltenham Township, and is known as Tookany Creek for part of its length.

The index map of both wards names and locates:  Pennsylvania Railroad, Wissinoming Station, Tacony Station, Holmesburg Junction, Torresdale Station, Philadelphia and Reading Railway, Whitehall Commons, Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Wissinoming Park, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Disston Park, Tacony Park, Pennypack Creek, Sacred Heart Academy, Home for Indigent Men, House of Correction, Torresdale Filter Plant, Pumping Station,

The 23rd Ward Maps:

The maps of th 23rd Ward name and locate: John Illingsworth Steel Company, William and H. Rowland Inc. Spring Manufacturing, Delta Spinning Mills, American Fork and Hoe Company, Prest-O-Lite Company, Montgomery Iron and Steel Company, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad, Kensington and Tacony Railroad, Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company, Womrath Park, Edgewater Dyeing and Finishing Company, Willard Chevrolet Company, Rehoboth Methodist Episcopal Church, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Basch and Co. Bulk Windows, Alirene Mills of James Bromley, R. J. Ederer Thread Company, St. Joachims Catholic Church, Berkshire Manufacturing Company of Phillip L. Sheerr, Emerald Mills of Joseph Greer, Quaker / Friends Meeting House, Presbyterian Church of Frankford, La France Textile Industries, Mille Lock Company, Smedley Brothers Lumber and Mill Works, George A. Sinn Inc., Gordon Brothers Hair Cloth, Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Manufacturing, Seddon Hall / New Jerusalem Society, Joseph G. Neidinger Company, Frankford Hosiery Mills Company, Frankford High School, Henry R. Edmunds Public School, Hermon Presbyterian Church, Frankford Congregational Church, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, Franklin Smedley Public School, Chevra Bikur Cholm Cemetery, Adath Jesuron Cemetery, Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Warren G. Harding Junior High School, J. Warren Watson Company, U. S. Arsenal, Fayette R. Plumb Inc., Frankford Athletic Association, Frankford Yellow Jackets, St. Bartholomew's Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia Cordage Company of Edwin H. Fitler, National Ammonia Company, Quaker City Rubber Company, Gillinder and Sons Glass Works, Sun Oil Company, etc.

The maps of Ward 23 show properties owned by: William Overington, William H. Smedley, John D. Fotheringham, Horace M Siner and Charles B. Siner, Lord John Wilcock, Effum Perez, Edelbert Corporation, John Duffin and David J. Duffin, Charles A. Setzline, George A. Sinn, James Bromiley, William Overington, William H. Smedley, Jane Beardwood, John D. Fotheringham, Frank Deitrich Jr, Jacob M. Peters, Michael F. Donaghue, Andres Edrich, Percival S. Foederer, etc.

The 41st Ward Maps:

The maps of th 41st Ward name and locate: Magnolia Cemetery, Disston Playground, Philadelphia Electric Company, Tabor Manufacturing Company, Lardners Point Pumping Station, Tacony Worsted Mills, Henry Disston and Sons Inc, Charles Warner Company, St. Vincent Orphan Asylum, Pennsylvania Forge Company, L. Martin Lamp Black Works, St. Bernards Roman Catholic Church, Jerome H. Loucheim Contractor, Schletter & Zander Silk Hosiery, House of Correction, Home for Indegent, Quaker City Gun Club, Pennypack Park, American Manganese Bronze Company, Precison Grinding Wheel Company, Henry F. Schsenmaier Power Plant Equipment, Torresdale Filter Plant, Spawn Ponds, Home for Dependent Children, Carousel, Camp Happy, The Alof Corporation, Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf, Sacred Heart Academy, Institute of Ladies of the Sacred Heart, Nazareth Academy, Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, etc.

The maps of Ward 41 show properties owned by: Dennis J. Dougherty, Stella M. Duffin, Adolph Scholleretal, N. Edwin Lindell, George T. Sale, Charles A. Porter, Mary Disston, Henry Disston, John J. Perry, H. H. Barton, Gustave Swoboda, Abraham Margolis, Charles E. Swoboda, Thomas J. McGarvey, George J. Herrman, J. Harker Hardwick, Eliza E. Frost, G. Assheton Carson, Harriet M. Massey, Homer Stevenson, etc.

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The pages consist of  the flyleaves, bland endpapers, title page, a page of "Street Index", a double-page hand-colored index map of the two wards, and 30 double-page hand-colored maps.

Each page is backed with linen. The finger tabs are gilt-numbered.

I purchased this atlas from an auction here in Pennsylvania.

Price Reference:  This rare atlas is seldom seen on the antiquarian book market.  I have not located another available for purchase.  A similar 1922 Philadelphia atlas by this same publisher is being offered online for $1,950 by a prominent New York bookseller.

Condition:  Very Nice Condition.    No library or institution markings.  Maps are bright and clean, with no foxing or damp stains.  Pages and cover are securely attached.  The title page has slight discoloration to the lower margin.  The cover is in very nice condition, with No joint cracks, and with almost no corner fraying, and with only minor discoloration to the cover's sides.

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