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Election Day at the State House, 1815, by John Lewis Krimmel (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
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A photograph of the interior court of the former Wanamaker's store on Market Street, featuring the Grand Organ acquired from the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.

Shopping in Center City is actually thriving amid fears of ‘retail apocalypse’

November 29, 2019

WHYY story by Jake Blumgart

A color photograph of the main entrance of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The photograph is taken through the iron gates and shows a formal garden with hedge rows and a reflecting pond with a stone bench in the foreground. Cherry trees in bloom flanking the front door.

Penn Museum reimagines its galleries with a modern view

November 15, 2019

WHYY story by Peter Crimmins

The Contributionship created surveys of building materials to assess the fire potential of buildings the company insured and determine rates. This 1907 survey of 211–13 Market Street determined that the building was of brick and in fair condition, with a fair degree of fire risk overall. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)

» By Timothy J. Potero

As North America’s longest continuously operating fire insurance company, The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire (The Contributionship) affected the physical and economic development of Philadelphia and the region while simultaneously establishing modern insurance underwriting standards. Through its insurance operations, The Contributionship promoted fire safety, lent money for home mortgages, ⇒ Read More

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