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The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
The wallpaper contains digitized images of portraits that used to hang in Jenkins' Reading Room at 833 Chestnut Street. Jenkins Law Library was founded in 1802, and is America's first law library. [1] Jenkins is a membership library, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving the local legal community, including self-represented litigants.
There were 2,035 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.5% were non-families. 40.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or ...
Bassetts Ice Cream, a 150-year-old family-run business, has spanned five generations and etched itself into Philadelphia's history as the premier ice cream shop.
The Center City Philadelphia flagship store was, in its day, a gracious urban emporium. The retailer started adding branch stores starting in the 1930s and, by their zenith in the 1980s, enjoyed annual sales of over a billion dollars [ 1 ] By the 1990s, Strawbridge's became part of the May Department Stores conglomerate until May's acquisition ...
Check out what a Big Mac cost every decade. ... Thanks to a photo of a McDonald's menu from 2002, we can see there was a time when a Big Mac cost $2.39, which is cheaper than the average '90s ...
Capstone Development was founded by Norman Jenkins in February 2009. Jenkins, a highly regarded senior vice president at Marriott International and African American, helped Marriott launch a Diversity Ownership Initiative in 2005 which worked to improve hotel franchise ownership among minorities.
Philadelphians celebrating Independence Day on July 4, 1819. Present-day Philadelphia was formerly inhabited by Lenape, a Native American tribe. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Philadelphia was known globally for its freedom of religion and a city where people could live without fear of persecution because of their religious affiliations or practices.