Variant company name:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,729472,00.html?promoid=googlep ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Pennsylvania_Transportation_Authority ; http://www.septa.org/inside/history.html  Search this

Company Name:

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.  Search this

Related companies:

PTC (Philadelphia Transportation Company) ; SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)  Search this

Notes content:

Draft of lease and agreement between City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company for Frankford Elevated Railway and 35th Ward Surface Line (dated April 6, 1922) ; report on Sept.-Oct. 1919 testimony before Federal Electric Railways Commission in Washington, DC entitled "Philadelphia's Answer to the Traction Question" by T. E. Mitten

Includes:

Manual and histories

Physical description:

2 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Bridges  Search this

Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)  Search this

Luggage; travel; travel services and traveling accessories (including trunks; briefcases; and other traveling accessories)  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Road building machinery and equipment  Search this

Topic:

Advertising  Search this

Bridge construction industry  Search this

Briefcases  Search this

Business  Search this

Commerce  Search this

Luggage  Search this

Marketing  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Road machinery  Search this

Roads -- Design and construction  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Subways  Search this

Travel  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_32022

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_32022