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View bandbox homes near 2d and Catharine Sts. considered for demolition for the Old Swedes Housing Project
- Related Essay
- The Old Swedes Public Housing Plan, 1939-40: City Politics Sink a Federal Project
- Street Address
- S 2nd St & Catharine St
- Creator Name
- Philadelphia Record
- Date Created
- 1940
- Description
- Caption reads: Typical of the checkerboard, tangled backyards and outside plumbing in the project area is this scene, photographed near 2d and Catharine Sts. Bandbox houses rent for as low as $8 a month. They have no bathrooms, no electrcity, and seldom more than one water tap indoors.
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection (V7: 2902 / 1938-1940 / Old Swede's Housing Project)
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