Amazing Photos of 1970s Philadelphia Folk Festival
This post was originally published on this siteThe Philadelphia Folk Festival is a folk music festival held annually at Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford, […]
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Philadelphia in 1971 Through Amazing Black and White Photos
This post was originally published on this sitePhiladelphia is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. It is the sixth-most-populous city […]
1923 Christie Monowheel, the Mother of All Monowheels
This post was originally published on this siteThe product of the fertile imagination of a Professor E. J. Christie of Marion, Ohio, this gyroscopic unicycle […]
Colossal Hand and Torch of the Statue of Liberty, on Display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia
This post was originally published on this siteOriginally designed as a lighthouse that would have stood at the mouth of the Suez Canal in Egypt, […]
These Found Photos of a Gay Wedding in Philadelphia From 1957 Offer a Mystery, Some History, and a Tribute to Heroes
This post was originally published on this siteDecades before gay marriage became legal anywhere in the US, same-sex couples were committing themselves to each other […]
The Original Tattooed Lady: Portraits of Irene Woodward aka “La Belle Irene” in the Late 19th and Early 20 Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteLa Belle Irene was the stage name of Irene Woodward often refereed to as “The Original Tattooed Lady”. […]
Sometimes Mugshots Look Like Portraits: Here Are 44 Stunning Mid-Century Mugshots in Philadelphia
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1855, Allan Pinkerton founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago and devised the first Rogues’ Gallery—a […]
Rare Vintage Photos Capture Student Life at the World’s First Medical College for Women From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850 as the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the […]