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Pages in category "1930s in Philadelphia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Winston Churchill wearing a homburg hat Konrad Adenauer and Willy Brandt wearing homburg hats. A homburg is a semi-formal hat of fur felt, characterized by a single dent running down the centre of the crown (called a "gutter crown"), a wide silk grosgrain hatband ribbon, a flat brim shaped in a "pencil curl", and a ribbon-bound trim about the edge of the brim.
Strawbridge died not long after the sale. "He was the store, and the store was him," said his attorney Peter Hearn to the Philadelphia Daily News . [ 6 ] Store employees and the public-at-large felt a sense of loss as well: many employees rushed to pay off their credit card accounts in full before the sale was finalized, "hoping that the ...
The Anthony Eden hat was essentially an accessory of the 1930s and 1940s, although, in the mid-1950s, the homburg came to be associated with the melancholic image of comedian Tony Hancock. [41] In 1949 a character (Mr. Sowter) in John Dighton 's play The Happiest Days of Your Life had been described as "soberly dressed.
1930 Philadelphia Athletics season; 1930 Philadelphia Phillies season; 1930 Temple Owls football team; 1930 World Series; 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season
The octagonal tower on the west end of the building in 2013 A Lit Brothers company share certificate, issued December 9, 1905. In 1891, Rachel P. Lit (1858-1919, later surnamed Weddel, still later Arnold) opened a women's clothing shop on the corner of Market and N. 8th Streets.
Philadelphia portal; Building 21 High School in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia, September 2017. West Oak Lane is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood was developed primarily between the early 1920s and late 1930s, with the areas near to Cedarbrook constructed after World War II.
The Philadelphia Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers both played many of their games in the arena; the 1960 NBA All-Star Game was played there. President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at a campaign appearance on October 29, 1964, at Convention Hall. He appeared at the Hall alongside many notable Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Democratic leaders. [2]