#Philadelphia History

[gracie-bird]

Philadelphia, PA., USA: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Levine, sister, and brother-in-law to Grace Kelly, show 10-month-old Anne Kelly, daughter of John B. Kelly Jr., a United Press Radiotelephoto of her aunt Grace and her grandfather entering the Monaco Cathedral on April 19, 1956. The Levines, who are expecting their first child soon, are getting a little parental experience with Anne.

[voidingintotheshout]

I’m taking a break from Tumblr, perhaps until the end of the year. I feel like I might be following in the steps of @bondsmagii Who seemed to stop spending time on the site and spending more time reading. Since I finished 11 books in October, I seem to be on the same path. I’m writing more fiction now as well so I’m working on a story that is set in Philadelphia during the height of the crack epidemic about a neighborhood restaurant in the last weeks before it would be abandoned forever. This required me to do some research into what it was like in Philadelphia during the height of a crack epidemic and this article is really interesting.

[ornamentodeux]

Philadelphia's Synthetic Dye Legacy: History and Impact

I confess I never thought about how science created most of the colors around me until I chanced upon Philadelphia’s Science History Institute’s Bold: Color from Test Tube to Textile. Here are some of the things I learned from this fascinating exhibit. When William Perkins was an 18-year-old college student in England in 1856, tried to synthesize quinine from coal tar. (At that time, quinine was…

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: At the Moulin Rouge, the Dance Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901) Date: 1890 Genre: genre art Period: Belle Epoque Movement: Post-Impressionism Medium: oil on canvas Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

[the-mechanica]

my problem really deeply is how shallow a tolerance younger people have for old queer media. like yes, it's dated and some of the politics don't hold water anymore, but to ignore older media simply based on that is to loose EVERYTHING we have bc we don't have a lot. just because queer themes caught up more recently doesn't mean we should rehash everything to fit into a more "presentable" format that is only considered modern bc of the puritanical blacklash of the last several years and sanitization of queer themes.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Dress Worn by Mrs. Charles G. Roebling

Emile Pingat (Paris, France)

c.1885

Philadelphia Museum of Art (Accession Number:1949-29-3a--c)

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Black Thought of The Roots was born October 3, 1971

[groovygrub]

[humanoidhistory]

Robot man, played by George German of the Lobster Club, in the annual Mummer's Parade in Philadelphia on January 1, 1936.

(Temple University)

[yesterdaysprint]

The Times, Philadelphia, September 27, 1898

[baseballsisco]

If ever there was a picture that encapsulated who Pete Rose was on the field, its this one. Charlie Hustle!!! One of my favorites growing up!!!

Rest in Peace Hit King. Maybe now you'll get reinstated and have your right place among the immortals at Cooperstown.

[iasip-enthusiast-2]

I don’t think we appreciate this being on urban dictionary enough

[sweatermuppet]

from Philadelphia Gay News, 1976

[ornamentodeux]

At The Water's Edge

[lionofchaeronea]

Poplars, Claude Monet, 1891