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Eighty years ago, a professional women's baseball team was formed in Philadelphia. Its name came from a popular hairstyle of the time. Can you guess its name?

4/2/12
Author Cary Hutto

Topics : 20th century, 21st century, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Recreation and Sport, Women
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Which local transportation line opened in March 1907?

3/25/12
Author Cary Hutto

Topics : 19th century, 20th century, Industry, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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In what year was the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) founded?

3/18/12
Author Cary Hutto

Topics : 19th century, 20th century, Environment and Nature, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Science and Medicine
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Who helped construct the Cambria Iron Works in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and worked for Bethlehem Steel?

3/10/12
Author Cary Hutto

Topics : 19th century, 20th century, Business, Industry, Pennsylvania
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Wealthy merchant and landowner William Bingham helped establish what landmark institution in Philadelphia in 1781?

3/3/12
Author Cary Hutto

Topics : 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, Business, Economics, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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In 1941, Marian Anderson received what distinguished local award?

2/25/12
Author Cary Hutto

Topics : 20th century, African American, Arts and Culture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Women
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Which U.S. President was the first to visit the University of Pennsylvania?

2/18/12
Author Cary Hutto

Topics : 18th century, Education, Government and civics, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Politics
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During the early 1940s, Paul Robeson starred in what record-breaking Broadway play?

2/13/12
Author Cary Hutto

 

Topics : 20th century, African American, Arts and Culture, Philadelphia
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A century before Martin Luther King, what Philadelphia social rights activist fought for the abolition of slavery?

1/17/12
Author Cary Hutto

Answer: James Forten

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What Philadelphia department store began sponsoring a Thanksgiving Day parade in 1920?

11/20/11
Author Cary Hutto

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