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A Century Of Public Events On The Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Photography

A Century Of Public Events On The Benjamin Franklin Parkway

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania takes a look at big public shindigs and the making of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway through rarely seen photographs from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

From Click To Clink: A History Of Mug Shots In The Quaker City
History

From Click To Clink: A History Of Mug Shots In The Quaker City

Harry K. gives us the backstory of Philadelphia’s Rogues’ Gallery, which has been tracking criminals in photographic form since the 1860s

From Gas Masks to Bricklaying Class: Life & Lessons at Bok Technical High School
Photography

From Gas Masks to Bricklaying Class: Life & Lessons at Bok Technical High School

With the reinvention of the Bok Building well underway, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania give us an exclusive glimpse of school life there in the 1940s

A Buzzy New Beginning For Poth Brewing Company
Photography

A Buzzy New Beginning For Poth Brewing Company

Before renovations begin, Michael Bixler takes us inside the remains of Poth Brewing Company with this photo essay

Kensington Workshop Keeps Neighborhood Clocking In
Photography

Kensington Workshop Keeps Neighborhood Clocking In

Inside a 124-year-old mill in Kensington, World Manufacturing Inc. is buzzing with work orders. Theresa Stigale puts us on the production line with this photo essay

Deep Freeze 2018
Photography

Deep Freeze 2018

The bitter cold temps earlier this month produced Philly’s coldest two-week stretch in 38 years, freezing nearly all of the area’s waterways solid. Brad Maule donned several layers to photograph the icy scenes all over the city

As Inquirer Building Awaits Police HQ, A Peek Inside
Photography

As Inquirer Building Awaits Police HQ, A Peek Inside

Photographer Chandra Lampreich takes a look inside the empty halls of the “Tower of Truth”

Fear & Floating at the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade
Photography

Fear & Floating at the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade

Michael Bixler has this tribute to the zany hometown floats of the old Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade


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