Men stand on the field at the groundbreaking ceremony of Shibe Park in 1908. Tom Shibe - 1st on left. Ben Shibe - 3rd on left. John Shibe - 4th from right. Connie Mack - 6th on left.
"Seated at the controls of a bulldozer, Philadelphia Parking Authority Chairman Max Raab is flanked by PPA member William Teefy (left) and Charles Nicholson, president of the Arch Street Businessmen's Association, during groundbreaking ceremonies...
Arthur C. Kaufmann, Bruce Gimbel, Percy Churchill, William Merner, and John B. McClatchy holding his granddaughet Marta Dixon, 3 at the groundbreaking for the Gimbels in Upper Darby, Pa.
Flanked by municipal and business dignitaries, Peter Strawbridge, president of Strawbridge & Clother, leads groundbreaking ceremonies for a new company store at a mall being built on Rt. 541 in Burlington Township, N.J.
Autumn groundbreaking will lead to next summer's opening of a new $40,000 dining hall and multipurpose facility at Camp Sunshine, adjacent to the Delaware County Prison in Thornbury Township. The camp, run by volunteers, gives over 200...
Groundbreaking 10th and Norris Streets. L. to R. P. Blair Lee, Chairman Philadelphia Housing Authoriy; W. E. Allesandroni, Executive Director Philadelphia Housing Authority; Mayor Joe S. Clark; Hamilton Vogeles, Director of Development, PHA in...
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new home of N.W. Ayer & Son, the country's oldest and largest advertising agency, on West Washington Square. Wilfred W. Fry, senior partner of the firm, is turning up the first shovel of the earth.
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new home of N.W. Ayer & Son, the country's oldest and largest advertising agency, on West Washington Square. Wilfred W. Fry, senior partner of the firm, is turning up the first shovel of the earth.
The Hon. Charles Klein, left, president judge of the Philadelphia Orphans Court and chairman of the Temple University Board of Trustees, joins Dr. Millard E. Gladfelter, Temple president, holding shovel, and A. J. Caruso, executive director of the...
With members of the University's ROTC serving as a ceremonial honor guard, Dr. Gladfelter addresses the gathered throng of University administration, faculty and students present to witness the Library groundbreaking.
Students gather to watch as Dr. Gladfelter gets a helping hand with the groundbreaking from Robert Levy, right, president of the Delaware River Terminal, Inc. and grandson of the late Samuel Paley, and Judge Klein, left.
"Temple University breaks ground for $2.1 million complex of dormitories and dining facilities on its Ambler Campus in Upper Dublin Township. Groundbreaking ceremonies took place on Monday, November 9, 1964. Left to right: Dr. Eugene Udell, dean...
"Groundbreaking for Ambler dormitories and dining facilities, Nov. 9, 1964" at left, in background "Mrs. Gladfelter, Dean Scheuer, in front of tree: Mrs. Frederic Ballard, Jr., Pres. Gladfelter, Barton Scharf, Miss Judy Crispell and Dean Eugene...
"Groundbreaking for Ambler Campus dormitories and dining facilities, Nov. 9, 1964. In Foreground: Mrs. Frederic Ballard, Pres. Gladfelter, Dean Eugene Udell and Miss Judy Crispell"
"Groundbreaking for $2.1 million complex of dormitories and dining facilities on Temple University's Ambler Campus on Monday, November 9, 1964, included the ceremonial planting of a 'bee tree' on the campus. The tree is so-called because it...
