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Mourning
The Civil War
The 1920s
Time Machine Wish List
Odd Electricities
Cycling
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Sunlight and Glass, Pleasonton and Prisms
Dismantling the Centennial
Kitty Foyle and Philadelphia, the “grand homey old town”
The TOWN CRIER and the Talkies: Jay Emanuel and Other Reel Fellows
The Hexter Building: Hollywood on Vine and on Point Breeze
Worth Looking Into
Malaugurata Città: Lorenzo Da Ponte and Philadelphia

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The Colosseum, southeast corner of Broad and Locust, 1876

AA Bowens Waxworks 8+Mkt 1793 Phila Register too — Philadelphia Directory and Register, 1793

Panorama of New Haven 1 11N Paxton 1818 — [Paxton], Philadelphia Directory and Register, 1818

Diorama on Sansom wants capitalists PA INQUIRER 13 July 1839 — Pennsylvania Inquirer, 13 July 1839. A Guide to the Lions of Philadelphia, 1837, gives the location as Sansom between Seventh and Eighth.

EE Allen Cuthberths Chinese store,8s at [Ranstead] 1854 — McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, 1854

Vedder's Museum 7+Chs — Public Ledger, 15 May 1856

FF Northern Liberties Confectionery,323 3n os 1860 — McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory, 1860. Note the old-style address in the sketch and the new or current-style address along the right side.

Henry W Hensel,ladies trims,22 4n GAZETTEER M+MT US 1866,p146 — Gazetteer of the Manufactures and Manufacturing Towns of the United States, 1866. Bring on the Grecian Hair Puffs!

Mrs MA Binder Temple of Fashion MOURNING 1031 Chs 1867 Freedley PHILA MANUF Univ Mich — Freedley, Philadelphia and Its Manufactures, 1867. This shop was known as the Temple of Fashion.

EVENING TELEGRAPH, 20 April 1869, p. 3, from CHRONICLING AMERICA

Assembly Building, diorama of Ireland EVE TG 18 Apr 1871 p3 — Evening Telegraph, 18 April 1871

Geo Doll+Co, Temple of Fancy game cane toy novelty 12-10 6n PUNCH+JUDY 1874 p 18 — Ward, Punch and Judy, 1874

Jhn W Kline,antiques and curiosities,112 8s CPunch+Judy 1874 — Ward, Punch and Judy, 1874

Cohen, Our Show: A Humorous Account of the International Exposition [the Centennial], 1876

The Colosseum, see Centennial City 24s+Loc The Press 19 July 1876 — The Press, 19 July 1876

The Siege of Paris, Elm and 40 at Centennial The Press 19 July 1876 — The Press, 19 July 1876

Colosseum with Cyclorama Paris by Night 14s+Loc Eve Bull 12 Feb 1877 — Evening Bulletin, 12 February 1877

Lewis S Cox jerseys 1230 Chs 1887 PhilEnv 63_0073 — Philadelphia and Its Environs, 1887. The Lewis S. Cox store, at 1220 Chestnut, sold jerseys and other goods for ladies.

Mrs Tycho Buek, notions yarn zephyrs 110 13s 1888 Leisure H 39 — Leisure Hours, November 1888

Specialty Printing+Publishing Co, adv novelties 39 Strawberry 1892 19th-CENT ALMANAC — Nineteenth-Century Almanac, 1892

Acker Quality Shop Chs+12 Blue Book 1907 front — Philadelphia Blue Book, 1907

Van Horn+ Sons, costumers+armorers 121 9n Phila Blue Book 1907 40 — Philadelphia Blue Book, 1907

What-Not 1922 Bazaar Boutique — Bazaar Boutique Program, 1922

Den of 40 Thieves 1929 Walnut Street Th — Walnut Street Theater Program, 1929. The program praises the “unique decorations” and “particularly Parisian atmosphere” of the Den.

The Hat Shop 1929 Guide to Shops Service — Guide to Shops and Service, 1929

Merrick Shop 2107 Wln — Guide to Shops and Service, 1929

Town Crier, 19 May 1930

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