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This past week marked the birthday of Philadelphia's Henry Ossawa Tanner - Who was he?

6/23/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 19th century, African American, Arts and Culture, Philadelphia
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Besides founding Germantown, this man also penned the first anti-slavery protest. Who was he?

6/15/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 17th century, Abolition, Colonial period, Philadelphia, Politics, Religion, Slavery
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PHL's first free library was not the Free Library of Philadelphia. Which library predated it?

6/9/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 20th century, Arts and Culture, Community and Public Service, Philadelphia, Women
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In 1965, Barbara Gittings helped organize which early PHL gay rights demonstration?

6/1/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 20th century, Civil Rights, Philadelphia, Politics, Women
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In 1918, Philadelphian Edith Madeira served as chief nurse with which Red Cross Commission?

5/26/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 20th century, Philadelphia, Science and Medicine, Women, World War I
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The oldest of its kind in the city, this group of cyclists pioneered biking in 1890's PHL. Who were they?

5/18/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 19th century, Philadelphia, Recreation and Sport, Women
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Where Did Wildlife Artist John James Audubon Spend His First Years in America?

4/22/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 19th century, Arts and Culture, Environment and Nature, Pennsylvania
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In 1905, a group of women from the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry began a club around this shared interest. What was it?

4/20/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 20th century, Arts and Culture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Women
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For several years during the 1930s, social worker Joseph Beck served as head of which Philadelphia organization?

4/13/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 20th century, Community and Public Service, Ethnic history, Philadelphia, World War II
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This Thursday, April 9, marks the 150th anniversary of what occasion?

4/6/15
Author: Cary Hutto

Topics : 19th century, Civil War, Military conflict, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Politics
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