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Top 5 Stories

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  Bedford Street Mission

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  Church of St. Philip Neri

  by Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  From Weccacoe to South Philadelphia: The Changing Face of a Neighborhood

  by Stephen M. Sitarski
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  6th and Lombard Street: Lombard Street Riots Site

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  Octavia Hill Association tenements

  by Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church

  by Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  St. Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  The Kensington Riots of 1844

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  The Ninth Street Market and South Philadelphia: Personal Connections, Particular Views, Past Times, and Embodied Places

  by Joan Saverino of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  Weccacoe Firehouse

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Top 5 Media

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  "A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Philadelphia": cover
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  "A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Philadelphia": Soldier from 1844 Nativist Riots
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  "Address of the Catholic lay citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia"
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  "Full Particulars of the Late Riots" cover, title page and preface
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  "Six Months Ago, or, the eventful Friday, and its consequences"
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  Banner for the Native American Association
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  Budweiser's Bar
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  Catholic Priests burning bibles at Champlain, N.Y., 1842
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  First page of "The Bible in Public Schools"
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  Front entrance of former "Budweiser's Bar"
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  Hibernia Fire Engine Company no.1. of Philadelphia, assembling for a parade
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  Lombard Street Riot Historical Marker
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  Lombard Street Riot Historical Marker
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  St. Augustine Church, on Fire
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  St. Augustine's Church
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  St. Michaels Church, on fire