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Philadelphia is thick with American firsts. Some--including the first zoo, first hospital, first public library, first university, first computer--are well known. Others are not and are here to be appreciated: Girl Scout cookies were originally baked by a commercial bakery here and "American Ba...
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St. Louis, MO :
Reedy Press, LLC,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Poe Slept (Off a Bender) Here
- p. 2
- Baseball as an Equalizer
- p. 4
- A Small City unto Itself
- p. 6
- America's First Fast Food Restaurant
- p. 8
- Government Guided by the Will of the People
- p. 10
- What a Nickel Would Buy You
- p. 12
- The Grande Dame of Broad Street
- p. 14
- The Building That Lasted Less Than a Week
- p. 16
- "Wonderful, Marvelous, Almost Inconceivable, Yet So True
- p. 18
- The Kid Glove Kids
- p. 20
- A Locomotive Giant in the Heart of the City
- p. 22
- Keep the Cold Ones Comin' 24?
- A Profound and Powerful Painter
- p. 26
- Jack Frost Is All In
- p. 28
- White Teeth Courtesy of Dr. White
- p. 30
- A Beacon in the Sky
- p. 32
- "When His Mortal Course Was Run"
- p. 34
- A Legacy of Caring Inspired by Its Namesake
- p. 36
- Banquets, Bar Mitzvahs, and Baptisms
- p. 38
- Enjoying a Beverage while Bidding on Humans
- p. 40
- The Patriarch of a Long Line of Social Activists, Artists, and Intellectuals
- p. 42
- At Long Last, a Dignified Resting Place
- p. 44
- A Magazine for "Cultivators of the Soil"
- p. 46
- The Original Mad Men
- p. 48
- The Athens of America
- p. 50
- Buy, Sell, Ship via Philadelphia
- p. 52
- A Shot for Commerce
- p. 54
- Freedom, Slavery, and the First White House
- p. 56
- Thanks for the Thin Mints! -
- p. 58
- A Beloved Stooge's Birthplace
- p. 60
- A Legendary Chocolatier's Not-So-Sweet Beginnings
- p. 62
- Philadelphia's Princess
- p. 64
- Seeking a Seat at the Counter
- p. 66
- A Shakespearean Riot
- p. 68
- An Inn with "A View to Delight a Poet"
- p. 70
- Eliminating Suffering Fueled hy "Ignorance and Destitution"
- p. 72
- As Important to Basketball as the Actual Ball
- p. 74
- The Plexiglas Palace
- p. 76
- From Funeral Home to Clothing Monument
- p. 78
- The Business That Birthed a Neighborhood
- p. 80
- A Radio Headquarters Like No Other
- p. 82
- Built to Dazzle
- p. 84
- This Business Sold Everything from Plastic Spoons to Hot Dog Carts
- p. 86
- A Facade to Remember
- p. 106
- Bananas, Root Beer, and a Beaux Arts Beauty
- p. 108
- A Savvy Dairy Known for Its Ads as Well as Its Products
- p. 110
- When Things Are Poppin' the Philadelphia Way
- p. 112
- Before Hollywood There Was Betzwood
- p. 114
- No Drinking or Gambling, hut the Food Was Cheap
- p. 116
- "If One Was Incurable, Insane, Consumptive, Blind, Orphaned, Crippled, Destitute or Senile..."
- p. 118
- She Was Serena Williams before Serena Williams Was Born
- p. 120
- The Mother of the LGBTQ Rights Movement
- p. 122
- From Trikes to Trig
- p. 124
- Of Soap and Suitcases
- p. 126
- The Opossum of Protection, the Squirrel of Frugality
- p. 128
- Homeopathy Comes to America
- p. 130
- Cheap Shoes Did Not Interest Him
- p. 132
- Where All People Were Wei come
- p. 134
- "Oh serving, Drawing and Painting the People of America"
- p. 136
- "Would America Be America without Her Negro People?"
- p. 138
- "A Four-Star General in the Battle for Righteousness"
- p. 140
- The President of the Underground Railroad
- p. 142
- "An Ornament to the City"
- p. 144
- Telegraph Game Changer STOP
- p. 146
- Private Safes! Burglar-Proof Vaults!
- p. 148
- Presidents Spoke and Slept Here
- p. 150
- "One of the Greatest Institutions...in Philadelphia"
- p. 152
- The High Priestess of American Musicians
- p. 154
- A Sound Like No Other
- p. 156
- From Hoop Skirts to War Work
- p. 158
- Wilbur: The Buds Came First
- p. 160
- "The Facility...Is Most Remarkable"
- p. 162
- From Technical School to Neighborhood Huh
- p. 164
- Cheesesteaks? Ask Us about Our Tastykakes
- p. 166
- From "Sportcoats" to Senior Citizens
- p. 168
- From Mr. Budd to Mrs. Kroc
- p. 170
- A Holy Place Replaces a Bustling Textile Mill
- p. 172
- A Neighborhood Ornament, Restored
- p. 174
- The What...?
- p. 176
- A Watery Work of Art
- p. 178
- "A Fitting Monument to Our Employees"
- p. 180
- You Know this Artist's Work, if Not His Name
- p. 182
- The Pennsylvania Railroad's "Chinese Wall"
- p. 184
- Looking up from Upholstery
- p. 186
- "If You Think You Can Build a Better Car..."
- p. 188
- Reclaiming the Riverfront
- p. 190.