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Pages: 132
Authors: Robert Morris Skaler
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-03-01 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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The many neighborhoods west of the Schuylkill River across from William Penn's "Quaker City" were distinctly rural until 1860, when horsecar lines first crossed
Philly War Zone
Language: en
Pages: 172
Authors: Kevin Purcell
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

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In this true story set in the 1970s, you'll look through the eyes of then 14-year-old Kevin Purcell, who's now a professional advertising writer, as he watches
Historic Architecture in West Philadelphia, 1789-1930s
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Joseph Minardi
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

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West of the Schuylkill River, what was once Blockley and Kingsessing Townships is now West Philadelphia. Here is a comprehensive look at the rich architectural
The Jewish Community of West Philadelphia
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Allen Meyers
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-07-10 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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The Jewish Community of West Philadelphia portrays Jewish life throughout West Philadelphia in the mid-twentieth century, including rare and vintage photographs
City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves
Language: en
Pages: 486
Authors: Marc Stein
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In this pathbreaking history, Marc Stein takes an in-depth look at Philadelphia from the 1940s to the 1970s. What he finds is a city of vibrant gay and lesbian