Philadelphia history
Friday, March 17, 2023
This 1872 lithograph depicted a domestic scene of Saint Patrick's day celebrations in 19th century America ...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
On March 15, 1892, the American inventor and engineer ....
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Hagley Library will be closed on Friday, December 24th through Monday, December 27th ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
It’s #TextileTuesday, bringing you the greatest and (not so) latest on the textile industry ...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
On this date in 1860 ...
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Cocaine was first used as a local anesthetic on this date in 1884 ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Today's #WorkerWednesday post ....
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Today's #WorkerWednesday takes us to the grounds of ....
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Here's a photograph that's absolutely ....
Friday, July 30, 2021
Here's to another summer weekend ....
Monday, June 21, 2021
It's official! ...
Friday, June 4, 2021
We're welcoming the return of tomato season today with this illustration of "three luscious tomatoes" ...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
On this date, June 2, in 1940, over 160,000 people gathered in Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium for Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty’s Golden Jubilee Mass...
Monday, May 10, 2021
On this date in 1876, the Centennial International Exhibition opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Today's #WorkerWednesday post takes us to the floor of the Budd Company ...
Thursday, March 18, 2021
March has been delivering both lion and lamb this week at the...
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
In 1924, Colonel J. (John) Victor Dallin (1897-1991)founded...
Monday, February 15, 2021
We're observing ENIAC day today and the people that made IT...
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
As the snowflakes continue to fall on the scenic grounds of the...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Today's #TradeCardTuesday brings us this ca. 1880? advertisement...
Friday, January 8, 2021
Winter is here, and that means trading in #FloralFriday for...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Someday soon we all will be together If the fates allowUntil...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Today's #TechTuesday invention is a solar engine from the 1907...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
On this date in 1963, Bell Telephone began offering the world's...
Friday, November 6, 2020
James Naismith, the Canadian-American gym teacher who invented...
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Thomas Edison's Edison Electric Light Company began operations...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020