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    PHOTOCOPY OF RENDERING OF PSFS BUILDING BY D.E. SUTTON. Date possibly 1929 or 1930, when construction started. - Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, Twelfth & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA


    Moyamensing became known for its penitentiary, violent hose company, cemeteries, wretchedly poor inhabitants, and crime. Harry C. Silcox

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    Default Merchants' Hotel, 40-50 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia

    VIEW OF MERCHANTS' HOTEL IN MID- 19th CENTURY, 'FOURTH STREET, PHILA., WEST SIDE, FROM MARKET TO ARCH', as it appeared in The Baxter Panoramic Business Directory, Est. 1857 which is available for viewing at the Free Library of Philadelphia, in the Castner Collection, Philadelphia Vol. No. 12, 'Streets 1'. - Merchants' Hotel, 40-50 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA




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    Evening Rush for the Cars – Centennial - Sketch by Theo. R. Davis


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    You can see the roughly 25'x25' diarama of the Centennial Exposition in the basement of the Please Touch Museum, in Fairmount Park.
    But be sure to take the carousel ride, kiddo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moonraker View Post
    You can see the roughly 25'x25' diarama of the Centennial Exposition in the basement of the Please Touch Museum, in Fairmount Park.
    But be sure to take the carousel ride, kiddo!
    Is this diorama photographic?
    Goodnight Rossana Arquette whereever you are.

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    Moyamensing became known for its penitentiary, violent hose company, cemeteries, wretchedly poor inhabitants, and crime. Harry C. Silcox

 

 

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