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Author : Moses King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia and Notable Philadelphians written by Moses King and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard N. Juliani
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793651809
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Germans written by Richard N. Juliani and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Philadelphia’s Germans: From Colonial Settlers to Enemy Aliens, Richard N. Juliani examines the social, cultural, and political life, along with the ethnic consciousness, of Philadelphia’s Germans, from their participation in the founding of the colony of Pennsylvania to the entry of the United States into World War I. This book focuses on their paradoxical transformation from loyal citizens, who made great contributions as they became increasingly Americanized, to a people viewed as a foreign threat to the safety and security of the city and nation. It also considers the policies and treatment of government and views of the local press in reporting and interpreting the dilemma of German Americans during the transition.
Author : Nathaniel Burt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812216936
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (169 download)
Download or read book The Perennial Philadelphians written by Nathaniel Burt and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1999-10-27 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Perennial Philadelphians tells the story of the city's inherited aristocracy—of Wanamakers and Drexels, of Biddles and Cadwaladers. Drawing on history, genealogy, politics, economics, the fine arts, private diaries, and the impressions and anecdotes of myriad living witnesses, Nathaniel Burt paints a fascinating portrait of Old Philadelphians. He traces the succession of a dynasty of doctors or lawyers, explores the country club scene, and takes us to regattas on the Schuylkill, fox hunts in Radnor, and horse shows in Devon. First published in 1963, this classic text has lost none of its timeliness. An adept social commentator, Burt cuts aside the centuries-old protective coloration in which Old Philadelphians have wrapped themselves, and reveals who these people are and how they manage to perpetuate themselves from generation to generation.
Author : Lawrence M. Arrigale
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738592138
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Golden Age of Retail written by Lawrence M. Arrigale and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia is not only the birthplace of America but also the birthplace of America's consumer culture. From the Civil War until Vietnam, Philadelphia's thriving middle class made the city a mercantile mecca, home to some of America's largest and most innovative department and specialty stores. Market Street between Seventh Street and Philadelphia City Hall was lined with five major department stores: John Wanamaker, Strawbridge & Clothier, Gimbels, Lit Brothers, and N. Snellenburg & Co. Here, shoppers could buy everything they needed to furnish their house from attic to basement, as well as the house itself. On nearby Chestnut and Walnut Streets, the carriage trade selected silver and jewelry at J.E. Caldwell & Co. and Bailey Banks & Biddle, haute couture at Nan Duskin and the Blum Store, and men's clothing at Jacob Reed's Sons. Images of America: Philadelphia's Golden Age of Retail illustrates how these emporia taught generations of Philadelphians the proper way to live.
Author : Harry Kyriakodis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841884
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront written by Harry Kyriakodis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Harry Kyriakodis as he strolls Front Street, Delaware Avenue, and Penn's Landing to rediscover the story of Philadelphia's lost waterfront. The wharves and docks of William Penn's city that helped build a nation are gone lost to the onslaught of over 300 years of development. Yet the bygone streets and piers of Philadelphia's central waterfront were once part of the greatest tradecenter in the American colonies. Local historian Harry Kyriakodis chronicles the history of the city's original port district from Quaker settlers who first lived in caves along the Delaware and the devastating yellow fever epidemic of 1793 to its heyday as a maritime center and then the twentieth century that saw much of the historic riverfront razed.
Author : Richard Carreño
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105144895
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Museum Mile: Philadelphia's Parkway Museums written by Richard Carreño and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Museum Mile' takes a behind-the-scenes look at the arts and culural treasures that line Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Parkway hosts more than a dozen major cultural institutions, including two, the Barnes Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, that are without peer. Others like the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and the Rodin Museum and Garden, a PMA subsidiary, have a much-heralded presence in the nation's arts world.
Author : Robert Morris Skaler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738557434
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square written by Robert Morris Skaler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Gilded Age, Rittenhouse Square was home to Philadelphia's high society, with more millionaires per square foot than any other American neighborhood except New York's Fifth Avenue. Established by William Penn in 1682 as the South-West Square and renamed after astronomer David Rittenhouse in 1825, Rittenhouse Square and its environs changed from an isolated district of brickyards and workers' shanties into the city's most elegant and elite neighborhood between 1845 and 1865. The brownstone and marble mansions on the square itself were inhabited by the city's wealthiest and most prestigious families, with names like Biddle, Cassatt, Drexel, Stotesbury, and Van Rensselaer. As Philadelphia's upper classes fled to the suburbs in the early 20th century, their mansions were replaced by skyscrapers or taken over by cultural institutions like the Philadelphia Art Alliance and the Curtis Institute of Music. While only a few original residences remain on Rittenhouse Square, it is still the center of a lively upscale neighborhood.
Author : Katharine Martinez
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781566397919
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (979 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Cultural Landscape written by Katharine Martinez and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their day, from 1830 to 1930, the Sartain family of Philadelphia were widely admired as printmakers, painters, art administrators and educators. This collection of essays examines their achievements of three generations of Sartains, from John to his granddaughter Harriet.
Author : Robert Morris Skaler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738512365
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (123 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Broad Street written by Robert Morris Skaler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1860s, Broad Street formed the western edge of downtown Philadelphia and was little more than railroad tracks and train depots. However, with the building of Philadelphia City Hall in the 1870s, Broad Street rapidly developed into one of the city's premier streets. Rows of mansions sprung up south of Spruce Street, and the area north of Spruce became known as "hotel row." Four-story brownstones lined both sides of North Broad Street, interspersed with the mansions and gardens of the nouveau riche and punctuated by clubs, theaters, schools, churches, and synagogues. Philadelphia's Broad Street: South and North is the first photographic history devoted exclusively to Broad Street in its "gilded age." These vintage images provide a vivid reminder, if one is needed, of how dramatically the street has changed in the last one hundred years.
Author : Allen M. Hornblum
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738513409
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's City Hall written by Allen M. Hornblum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the crossroads of Center City, Philadelphia, stands city hall, an architectural and sculptural masterpiece whose size and beauty rival the grand structures found in the capitals of Europe. Shortly after the Civil War, city hall embraced the community's need for a new municipal building while filling the visionary desire of its designers to underscore Philadelphia's reputation as "the Athens of America." Thirty years later stood a monumental structure that was easily the largest building in North America and one of the most beautiful, displaying over two hundred fifty pieces of sculpture. Philadelphia's City Hall illuminates the fascinating account of the building's controversial origin, its symbolic sculptural program, and the largest statue topping a building in the world. These stunning photographs highlight a marvel of masonry and community vision created by a city with the desire to show the world what it could produce.
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Publisher : Center City District
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Major Employment Nodes: Where City Residents Work written by and published by Center City District. This book was released on with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271040912
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Progressive Orphanage: The Carson Valley School written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Double
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738565507
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Washington Square written by Bill Double and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia's Washington Square, a shaded 6.6-acre plot near the nation's birthplace at Independence Hall, has been a focal point of the city's history for more than 300 years. Designated by William Penn in 1683 as an open space, the square served as a potter's field for its first 100 years. The remains of more than 2,000 indigents, soldiers, and yellow fever victims rest beneath its sod. By 1825, the graveyard was closed and the square was redesigned as a public promenade. Rude huts on its periphery gave way to fashionable middle-class homes. Washington Square became a destination for publishing and advertising, home to the likes of J. B. Lippincott, W. B. Saunders, Curtis Publishing Company, Farm Journal, and advertising giant N. W. Ayer. In the 1950s, its Society Hill neighborhood was restored, and a memorial to the unknown soldier of the American Revolution was dedicated in the square. Today the square is again attracting the affluent with condominiums in its converted publishing houses.
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Publisher : Center City District
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Center City Reports- Philadelphia's Major Employment Nodes: Where City Residents Work written by and published by Center City District. This book was released on with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph HARRISON (Mechanical Engineer)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Locomotive Engine, and Philadelphia's Share in Its Early Improvements ... Revised Edition with an Appendix. Illustrated written by Joseph HARRISON (Mechanical Engineer) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Hugh Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland. March 17, 1771-March 17, 1892 written by John Hugh Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dan Rottenberg
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812236262
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (362 download)
Download or read book The Man who Made Wall Street written by Dan Rottenberg and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of detective work, Dan Rottenberg has succeeded in writing the first biography of this exceptionally influential and elusive man.
