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• Civic Life & Politics (23)
• Education (1)
• Education & Schools (10)
• Food & Foodways (44)
• Health (6)
• Immigration & Migration (50)
• Landscape & Architecture (85)
• Oral Interviews (38)
• Public & Social Life (102)
• Religious Life & Belief (32)
• Social Reform & Philanthropy (29)
• Transportation (7)
• Verbal & Artistic Expression (28)
• Work (66)

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  Soupy Island: Fresh Air and Hot Soup at a Delaware River Playground

  Essay by Amanda Zellner
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  From Wetland to Urban Land: A Social and Environmental History of Philadelphia’s Tidal Islands

  Essay by Christopher R. Dougherty
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  From Weccacoe to South Philadelphia: The Changing Face of a Neighborhood

  Essay by Stephen M. Sitarski
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  The Ninth Street Market and South Philadelphia: Personal Connections, Particular Views, Past Times, and Embodied Places

  Essay by Joan Saverino of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  Personal Reminiscence: College Settlement, A Second Home

  Essay by Oscar H. Hankinson
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  Mapping the Ninth Street Market

  Essay by Shimrit Keddem
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  Food for Thought: Southwark Queen Village Community Garden

  Essay by Ann Harvey
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  Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Episcopal 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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  Stetson Hat Company Site

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Roman Catholic Church

  by Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  North Marshall Street: North Marshall Street businesses

  by Randi Kamine of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  The Lighthouse Philadelphia

  by Randi Kamine of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Fabric Row

  by Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Palumbo's Restaurant Site

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Al-Aqsa Islamic Society

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  9th Street Market

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  el Centro de Oro: El Centro de Oro

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  W.E.B. Du Bois Historic Marker

  by Melissa Mandell of Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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  Mummers Museum

  by Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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