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Nearly 600 opponents and champions gather to debate the continuation of the Old Swedes Housing Project
- Related Essay
- The Old Swedes Public Housing Plan, 1939-40: City Politics Sink a Federal Project
- Creator Name
- Philadelphia Record
- Date Created
- 1940
- Description
- Caption reads: Nearly 600 opponents and champions of the low-cost housing project proposed for the Southwark section jammed the Board of Education Building's auditorium yesterday to have their say. Shown here, during one of the quieter moments of the often turbulent meeting, is Dr. Louis Blomberg, 750 S. 3d st., supporter of the project. "It would help the people," he said. - article dated 05/16/1940
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection (V7: 2907 / 1940 / Philadelphia Housing / Projects / Southwark)
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