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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Aeronautics and Aerospace Industry

American Philosophical Society

Arboretums

Armories

Art of Dox Thrash

Artisans

Astronomy

Ballet

Bank of the United States (First)

Bank War

Banking

Bartram’s Garden

Basketball (Professional)

Botany

Cartoons and Cartoonists

Cast Iron Architecture

Centennial Exhibition (1876)

Chemical Industry

Chemistry

Children’s Aid Society of Pennsylvania

City of Medicine

Classical Music

Clocks and Clockmakers

Coal

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Community Colleges

Constitutional Convention of 1787

Cordwainers Trial of 1806

Cricket

Dentistry and Dentists

Department Stores

Dewey’s Lunch Counter Sit-In

Dinosaurs and Paleontology (Study of Fossils and Prehistoric Life)

Dispensaries

Eastern State Penitentiary

ENIAC

Entomology (Study of Insects)

Fairmount Water Works

Fire Escapes

Fox Hunting

Furnituremaking

Gallery at Market East

General Trades Union Strike (1835)

Godey’s Lady’s Book

Gospel Music (African American)

Gothic Literature

Hail, Columbia

Helicopters

Herpetology (Study of Amphibians and Reptiles)

Historical Societies

Hoagies

Home Remedies

Insurance

Junto

Knights of Labor

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Literary Societies

Locomotive Manufacturing

Magdalen Society

Medical Publishing

Mennonites

Meteorology (Study of the Atmosphere)

Military Bases

Model Cities

Monopoly

Mother Bethel AME Church:
Congregation and Community

Nursing

Pacific World (Connections and Impact)

Paper and Papermaking

Peale Family of Painters

Pennsylvania (Founding)

Pennsylvania Prison Society

Pharmaceutical Industry

Philadelphia Orchestra

Philadelphia Social History Project

Plantations

Prehistoric Native Americans and Archaeology

Printmaking

PSFS

Radio (Commercial)

Recording Industry

Roman Catholic Education
(Elementary and Secondary)

Roman Catholic Parishes

Root Beer

Scientific Management

Scientific Societies

Single Tax Movement

Slinky

Soccer

Sports Cards

Staircase Group (The)

Street Numbering

Telephones

Television

Textile Manufacturing and Textile Workers

Thanksgiving

Toy Manufacturing

Tun Tavern

U.S. Presidency (1790-1800)

United States Mint (Philadelphia)

University City Science Center

Vegetarianism and Veganism

Veterans and Veterans’ Organizations

Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania

Women’s Education
