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L'Opinione: Il Departmento Circolazione. Image provided by Historical Society of Pennsylvania John Cadwalader Church of the Advocate Tomasita Romero and Iris Brown. Image provided by Historical Society of Pennsylvania "A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Philadelphia": Burning of St. Michael's Church, on Wednesday afternoon, May 8. Image provided by Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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  • 22nd and Cecil B. Moore
    The Columbia Avenue Race Riots
    by Sandy Bluth
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  • Portrait of Matthew Quay
    Matthew Quay's House: Matthew Quay — Pennsylvania Political Boss
    by Claire Michel
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  • John C Anderson Apartment Sign
    John C Anderson Apartments: John C. Anderson Apartments
    by Chloe Haven-Tietze
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  • League Island: The Philadelphia Navy Yard — Mainstay of the Fleet
    by Dylan Grossman
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  • 1936 Democratic Convention
    Convention Hall — Democratic Party Conventions in 1936 and 1948
    by Safiyah Riddle
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  • John Cadwalader
    John Cadwalader House — The Rise of the “Silk Stocking Company”
    by Lisa Costello
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  • L'attentato a Mussolini, a play by Tresca
    La Plebe publishing site: Carlo Tresca and Early Twentieth Century Italian Socialism in Philadelphia — 1029 S. 8th Street
    by Denise DiPersio
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  • The Powel House
    The Powel House — A House of Historical Philanthropists
    by Gordon Liu
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  • Church of the Advocate
    The Church of the Advocate: Church of the Advocate — Justice through Prayer and Art
    by Elizabeth Sloane
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  • VFW Vets rededicate themselves
    VFW Post 2: Veterans of Foreign Wars — A Brotherhood of Veterans
    by Gordon Liu
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  • The Pennsylvania Evening Post
    The Pennsylvania Evening Post: From Treason to Truth — The Life and Times of an Old City Paper
    by Roxanne Greco
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