A bunch of old photos

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looking north

looking south, Mayfair Theatre to right out of frame.

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5th Street doesnt intersect Buttonwood. Did it ever?

I think they realigned the roads and such to accommodate the Vine Street Expressway. Still cut through on the 1942 land use map on PhilaGeoHistory Maps Viewer

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Notes Photo noted as taken at 2:30 P.M. Previously, this image was not geocoded. A PhillyHistory user noted that 6th and Filbert Streets do not intersect today. Currently, there is a large high-rise building at the location, but a similar view can be seen standing on north 6th street and looking south toward Independence Mall, as seen in the street view

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Notes Sign: Bailey's Pure Rye. Sign: Bell Brand Ginger Ale. Sign: Use 15% to 25% Barley, Rye or Corn - and Help with the War.

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Description Exterior view of the Fourth Baptist Church built 1853-1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie. Edifice includes a tapering spire. Also shows neighboring buildings. Demolished circa 1970.

That was a great photo CHIOSSO, another shot of this church ca.1964, at this point the spire is gone.PhillyHistory - Detail View And this shot that was taken from Union Park which was across from the church.ca.1964PhillyHistory - Detail View another angle also taken from Union Park.ca.1964.http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoAr...?assetId=70100 also the rear section of the church building at the northeast corner of Randolph and Buttonwood st.ca.1964.http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoAr...?assetId=70119

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Quote Originally Posted by gnvair View Post
5th Street doesnt intersect Buttonwood. Did it ever?

I think they realigned the roads and such to accommodate the Vine Street Expressway. Still cut through on the 1942 land use map on PhilaGeoHistory Maps Viewer

5th and Buttonwood always intersected, though there was a dog leg jog at Old York Rd. In the early 19th century the portion of Buttonwood between Old York Rd and 8th st was called Green st, and the portion of Buttonwood between 2nd st and Old York Rd was call Tammany st. Buttonwood was remove in the 1970s when the city decided it be better to level everything in the area just south of Spring Garden and rebuild, had nothing to do with Vine st at the time.,, I know, just Crazy. Oh and an 1858 land use map of the area of 5th and Buttonwood.

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Still in use by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania met here from 1941 until 1975; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit met here from 1941 until 1975.
Renamed the Robert N. C. Nix, Sr., Federal Building in 1985.

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Convention Hall 5/8/1914

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Addition to St. Mary's Hospital May 28 1916

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Founded in 1805 by Southwark resident James Ronaldson, the Southwark Soup Society was the first soup kitchen in Philadelphia. This building dates from the late 19th century. Ronaldson, a Scotsman who settled in Philadelphia in 1794, aimed to alleviate the most basic affliction of the overcrowded immigrant district — hunger. From January through March, the Southwark Soup Society aided "the deserving poor" of Southwark: primarily the European immigrants who made their way to Hancock Street shortly after arriving in America at the Washington Avenue docks, but also the native-born working poor of the neighborhood. Each winter the Southwark Soup Society distributed thousands of gallons of soup and hundreds of loaves of bread. The Society served its last soup in 1949, when it merged with the United Benevolent Association. Today the building is a restored private residence.



833 S Hancock St 12/19/1957

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Roselli, Mrs. Yolanda
Roselli, Antoinette
Roselli, Mary

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A group of mostly male children spilling out of the Settlement's front door, down the stoop and into the cobblestone street. Caption: "To be a supporter of the College Settlement means that you have a vision of brotherhood wherein no man lives unto himself; of a neighborhood where no man may fall among thieves; of a house where many mansions and no dark rooms; of a freedom that is perfect service."

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