Contents » Philadelphia and the World
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

African American Migration

Airports

American Friends Service Committee

American Philosophical Society

Anatomy and Anatomy Education

Anglican Church (Church of England)

Art of Cecilia Beaux

Artisans

Arts and Crafts Movement

Astronomy

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (The)

Automats

Automobile Racing

Ballet

Bartram’s Garden

Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Bicycles

Billiards (Pool)

Black Power

Botany

Boxing and Boxers

British Occupation of Philadelphia

Capital of the United States (Selection of Philadelphia)

Centennial Exhibition (1876)

Ceramics

Chemical Industry

China Trade

Chinatown

Cholera

City Beautiful Movement

Classical Music

Clocks and Clockmakers

Coffeehouses

Cold War

Colonization Movement (Africa)

Columbus Day

Commercial Museum

Common Sense

Constitutional Convention of 1787

Convents

Country Clubs

Cricket

Crowds (Colonial and Revolution Eras)

Cycling (Sport)

Deindustrialization

Dentistry and Dentists

Dinosaurs and Paleontology (Study of Fossils and Prehistoric Life)

Down There

Duffy’s Cut

Dutch (The) and The Netherlands

ENIAC

Environmental Movement

Fabric Row

Fashion

Films (Feature)

First Purchasers of Pennsylvania

Flaxseed and Linen
In the colonial era linen and flaxseed were fundamental to the mercantile life of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Philadelphia’s linen and flaxseed market extended from the farthest point of settlement, Fort Pitt, to the fields of England and Ireland. Traveling in a circle of trade across the north Atlantic, these goods forged relationships among ⇒ Read More
Fort Wilson

Forts and Fortifications

France and the French

Freemasonry

French Revolution
The French Revolution of 1789 created political, social, and financial instability throughout Europe, prompting many terrified French aristocrats, businessmen, and intellectuals to flee to the United States. Philadelphia, with its cosmopolitan atmosphere, accessible port, and thriving commerce, attracted many of the French émigrés. Most settled along the Delaware River in the Mulberry district of Philadelphia ⇒ Read More
Funerals and Burial Practices

Furnituremaking

Garbage Barge (Khian Sea)

Garies (The) and Their Friends

Garment Work and Workers

Gas Stations

Genealogy

German Reformed Church

Gothic Literature

Great Depression

Greek War for Independence

Gunpowder Industry

Haitian Revolution

Helicopters

Herpetology (Study of Amphibians and Reptiles)

Hinterlands

Hog Island

Horticulture

Hotels and Motels

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Immigration (1790-1860)

Immigration (1870-1930)

Immigration (1930-Present)

Immigration and Migration (Colonial Era)

Independence Hall

Independence National Historical Park

Independence Seaport Museum

Industrial Workers of the World

Infectious Diseases and Epidemics

Influenza (“Spanish Flu” Pandemic, 1918-19)

Insurance

International Peace Mission Movement and Father Divine

Irish (The) and Ireland

Islam

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Italian Market

Italians and Italy

Jawn

Knights of Labor

Korean War

Koreans and Korea

Kwanzaa

Lafayette’s Tour

Lazaretto

Legionnaires’ Disease

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Liberians and Liberia

Listen to the Mocking Bird

Literary Societies

Locomotive Manufacturing

Log Cabins

LOVE (Sculpture)

Loyalists

Maps and Mapmaking

Medical Publishing

Medicine (Colonial Era)

Mennonites

Meschianza

Mexican-American War

Mexicans and Mexico

Military Bases

Militia

Moravians

Mummers

Mummies

Musical Fund Society

Musical Instrument Making

Nationalities Service Center

Native American-Pennsylvania Relations, 1754-89

Native Peoples to 1680

Nativism

Nativist Riots of 1844

New Sweden

New Year’s Traditions

Nigerians and Nigeria

Nuclear Power

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Occupy Philadelphia

ODUNDE Festival

Opera and Opera Houses

Ornithology (Study of Birds)

Pacific World (Connections and Impact)

Paints and Varnishes

Papal Visits

Paper and Papermaking

Pennsylvania (Founding)

Pennsylvania Impressionism

Pennsylvania Prison Society

Pharmaceutical Industry

Philadelphia (Warship)

Philadelphia Board of Trade

Philadelphia Campaign

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Philadelphia Maritime Exchange

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Navy Yard

Philadelphia Orchestra

Philadelphia Pepper Pot

Philadelphia Story (The)

Philadelphia Ten

Pietism

Pipelines

Pirates

Plantations

Point Breeze (Bonaparte Estate)

Polish Settlement and Poland

Pretzels

Privateering

Public Health

Public Markets

Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans

Quasi-War

Recording Industry

Red City (The)

Refineries (Oil)

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Revolutionary Crisis (American Revolution)

Rock and Roll (Early Years)

Rock Music and Culture (Late 1960s to Present)

Roman Catholic Education
(Elementary and Secondary)

Root Beer

Saint Patrick’s Day

Salem County, New Jersey

Saws and Saw Making

Scientific Societies

Scots Irish (Scotch Irish)

Scrapple

Sesquicentennial International Exposition (1926)

Settlement Houses

Seven Years’ War

Seventh-day Adventists

Sheppard Lee

Shipbuilding and Shipyards

Shrines

Silk and Silk Makers

Silver Linings Playbook

Slavery and the Slave Trade
