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| Philadelphia (2) |
| Bingham House, 1026-44 Market Street, now demolished. |
| A window display in one of the Philly Subway Stations. |
| The Boys' New High School which was at Broad and Green - thanks to Bob Skiba for this information. |
| Battleships in dry dock at League Island Navy Yard - a 1907 postcard. |
| Broad and Race. |
| Philadelphia Post Office. |
| The United Gas Improvement Building - an undated postcard. |
| More old postcards of the City of Brotherly Love. |
| The "Philadelphia Bulletin" building. |
| Girard College. |
| "UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa. The University was founded in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin as a charitable school. At the conclusion of the Revolution a new charter was given by the State and the present title was assumed in 1791. In 1875, the university was moved top the present extensive grounds west of the Schuylkill River, where some 30 buildings have been erected and are constantly increased." |
| A postcard of Girard College mailed in 1911. |
| River Drive Tunnel, Fairmount Park - and a fake-looking train ! This postcard dates from about 1903. |
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| The Masonic Temple - a postcard mailed in 1902. |
| Fairmount Park Trolley. |
| Did You Know.... that the actress Grace Kelly who married Prince Rainier of Monaco was born in Philadelphia in 1929 ? |
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| Did You Know.... that the film actor Richard Gere, a descendant of some of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was born in Philadelphia in 1949 ? |
| And Did You Know.... that the singer Eddie Fisher, whose wives included Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens, was born in Philadelphia in 1928 ? |
| "Elevated RR Bed," |
| The Keystone Hotel at 1524-42 Market Street. |
| A view of the Parkway. |
| The Washington Monument in Fairmount Park. |
| The Lafayette Building at 5th and Chestnut. |
| South Broad Street. |
| Philadelphia YMCA. |
| Did You Know.... that the jazz saxophonist Stan Getz was born in Philadelphia in 1927 ? |
| And Did You Know.... that Frankie Avalon, the actor, singer, sex symbol and former teen idol, was born in Philadelphia in 1940 ? |
| 8th and Filbert. |
| An early sight-seeing bus. |
| Shipping on the Delaware. |
| Girls' Normal School. |
