Images
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Photographs of the William Penn statue [City Hall] (Collection 4381)
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These five photographs depict various views of workers and the William Penn statue atop City Hall, circa 1920. Date posted: 6/16/22
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Echoes of baseball history from long-gone Shibe Park
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A series of images from the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue documenting the city's baseball history through the story of Shibe Park, demol Date posted: 4/12/16
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Catholic Philadelphia
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In many of Philadelphia's ethnic neighborhoods, the Catholic church has served not only as a place of worship, the institution also helped keep alive ancestral traditions and connections among newl Date posted: 12/4/15
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Exploring the Card Catalog: Getting Started
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Date posted: 12/3/15
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217 Boxes: A Protest In Disguise
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On November 18, HSP invited the public to discover a nearly-forgotten pioneer of the LGBT rights movement, Dr. John Fryer of Philadelphia – i.e. “Dr. Date posted: 11/19/15
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July Cultures of Independence Teacher Workshop
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We have completed another successful week of Cultures of Independence: Perspectives on Independence Hall and the Meaning of Freedom. Thi Date posted: 10/8/15
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![April 1943 photograph of Danny Litwhiler of the Philadelphia Phillies scoring a run against Philadelphia Athletics catcher Bob Swift in Shibe Park. From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].](https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/april_1943.jpg)
![Aerial view of Shibe Park, later known as Connie Mack stadium, onetime home to Philadelphia's Athletics and Phillies. From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].](https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/aerial_view_0.jpg)
![The Yankees and Athletics face off on Opening Day 1946 in Shibe Park.From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].](https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/athletics_v_yankees_0.jpg)
![Spectators waiting outside of Shibe Park at 21st and Lehigh Streets 90 minutes before game time c. 1946. From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].](https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/crowd_outside_shibe_park.jpg)
![The Philadelphia Phillies take to the field on Opening Day 1942 in Shibe Park. From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].](https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/opening_day.jpg)










































