Photography Photo Collection Project Takes A Walk In Ed Bacon’s Shoes Fisher Fine Arts Library at Penn is digitalizing a treasure trove of slides from the personal collection of Philly city planner extraordinaire Edmund Bacon and they need your help. Michael Bixler has the ...
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 ...
Photography Harvey Finkle: Photographer Seeks Justice For The Other New photography exhibition explores South Philly's Jewish communities and the city's transitioning immigrant populations. Joe Brin has the story ...
Photography Ours To Lose Captures West Philly Landmarks In Decline Photographer Vincent Feldman delivers a eulogy for neglected neighborhood anchors in his new exhibition. Michael Bixler has this ...
Photography Wish You Were Here: Postcards From The Past Recall “Real Philadelphia” The Athenaeum of Philadelphia's new exhibition, "Real Philadelphia: Selections from the Robert M. Skaler Postcard Collection," puts elusive images of working class city life in the limelight. Contributor Karen Chernick has the ...
Photography I’m Still Here: Saving The Work Of Robert Cornelius In 1839, amateur chemist Robert Cornelius was experimenting with a new photographic process at his family's store in Center City. That fateful year, in an alley off of Chestnut Street, he would give birth to ...
Photography Hidden Lens: Fading Industry On The Delaware River In this next installment of Hidden Lens, a new series showcasing the captures of local photographers, we feature the work of Betsy Manning and the final days of the Port Richmond Grain ...
History Ode To Old Philadelphia Inspired by photographs from Hidden City's 2016 calendar, aging Philadelphians share their thoughts and memories of the city through poetry. Ann de Forest has the ...
