A bunch of old photos

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This image shows an African American woman sitting with a child on her lap. There are three caucasian women standing to the right of the woman and child. One woman has her hand extended to the African American woman. The others are holding books. Another African American woman is sitting on a stair behind them. There are two kittens on cardboard boxes which are near the woman and child. There is laundry hanging on clotheslines behind them. This photo demonstrates a PHA tour for Drexel University students.

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Image shows outhouses near laundry hanging on clotheslines at 1242 Kater Street in Philadelphia. There is a water pump and carts near a pile of debris in the area. The exterior of surrounding houses is also shown.

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This image shows an African American woman sitting with a child on her lap. There are three caucasian women standing to the right of the woman and child. One woman has her hand extended to the African American woman. The others are holding books. Another African American woman is sitting on a stair behind them. There are two kittens on cardboard boxes which are near the woman and child. There is laundry hanging on clotheslines behind them. This photo demonstrates a PHA tour for Drexel University students.

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Image shows sewage lining the alley in between the houses in the vicinity of 135 Carpenter Street in Philadelphia. There is no sewer for these five houses.

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sorry about #3223 but i cant edit.

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Construction on the Bell Telephone building adds additional floors making the buildling six stories at either end and seven stories in the center.




Construction on the Bell Telephone building adds additional floors making the buildling six stories at either end and seven stories in the center.

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WEST SIDE, FROM NORTHWEST - U. S. Bonded Warehouse, 415-419 South Front Street, Philadelphia

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Toppi Stadium was an outdoor arena of intimate proportions. It was a large outdoor boxing club really. Five-thousand seats. A bricked-in plot roughly the size of a football field . The photo shows a South Philly crowd mostly in short sleeves presumably on a warm summer night. Toppi Stadium staged its first boxing show on July 15, 1948. And for six years it was a treasure for local boxing fans. Forty-six fight cards played out through 1953 in the open air of Packer Park between June and September. By 1954, Toppi Stadium was history.

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[Titus]

I helped salvage some of the sacred items from St Alphonsus when it was closed in the early 70s. In those days it all went to the junkyard, now it's put up for sale.

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I used to live a few blocks away saw them tear it down too bad. We figured great were getting a new hospital that didn't last long.

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The Story of Byberry

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You can see the steps of the EL on the right

South Street-Looking East from Front Street. 5/1/1930

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So Im guessing phillyhistory is knocked out because of the storm.

[Oladybug]

Toppi Stadium was an outdoor arena of intimate proportions. It was a large outdoor boxing club really. Five-thousand seats. A bricked-in plot roughly the size of a football field . The photo shows a South Philly crowd mostly in short sleeves presumably on a warm summer night. Toppi Stadium staged its first boxing show on July 15, 1948. And for six years it was a treasure for local boxing fans. Forty-six fight cards played out through 1953 in the open air of Packer Park between June and September. By 1954, Toppi Stadium was history.

Interesting. Never knew there was such a place. Thanks for sharing.

[Colin P. Varga]

I helped salvage some of the sacred items from St Alphonsus when it was closed in the early 70s. In those days it all went to the junkyard, now it's put up for sale.

Just to clarify and I wasn't privy to Archdiocese's collecting and warehousing policy, but sacred items like altar stones, relics, are and have been collected and maintained by the Archdiocese at PAHRC. Art work, depending on it's association with the Archdiocese, has been collected and some of it has been sold. Other pieces have been placed in other churches in the Archdiocese and outside of the Archdiocese.

[Titus]

Just to clarify and I wasn't privy to Archdiocese's collecting and warehousing policy, but sacred items like altar stones, relics, are and have been collected and maintained by the Archdiocese at PAHRC. Art work, depending on it's association with the Archdiocese, has been collected and some of it has been sold. Other pieces have been placed in other churches in the Archdiocese and outside of the Archdiocese.

As I said it was the early 70s - since the 90s they've developed a different way of dealign with such things.