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Lincoln Theater
The Lincoln Theater, formerly the Gibson, and before that called the Dunbar, was built by Black bankers, and hosted acts which included The Lafayette Theatre Group from Harlem. The Theater was one of the few desegregated theaters in the city, owned…
Market Street View West from 16th Street
A view of Market Street, Philadelphia, in which the Fox Theatre is clearly visible.
Mayer Sulzberger Junior High School, Night Class
Adult African Americans attending night school at a West Philadelphia junior high, at North 48th Street And Fairmount.
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
A photograph of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church located at South 6th and Lombard Streets. This was a popular church for those migrating to Philadelphia from the South in the early 1900s. Religious communities were enormous support…
Northeast Corner of 9th and Washington Avenue - Giordano's, 1954
A photo of Giordano's, a business established in 1921 located at the corner of 9th and Washington Avenue in Philadelphia's Italian Market. The Italian Market was the center of Italian American life in Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania Railroad Station at 32nd Street
At the entrance to West Philadelphia Station (32nd Street Station), people are waiting for their train or waiting for people to arrive off the train.
Philadelphia City Hall
A photo of Philadelphia City Hall c. 1930.
Philadelphia High School for Girls
A street view of the Philadelphia High School for Girls, 1933, 17th and Spring Garden St.
Polite Temple Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa
Polite Temple Baptist Church, in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia at 38 E. Price St. where narrator Lillie McKnight attended and was named "Mother of the Church."
Rail Condition - 82nd Street and Eastwick Avenue Looking Northeast, October 31, 1927
A view of the rail condition at 82nd Street and Eastwick Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
South 11th street, 500 block
On this was once of a boarding house run by a Miss Della, a location recorded in Mayor Moore's 1921 vice reports.
South Street at 22nd Street
South Street at 22nd Street looking West, the neighborhood in which many African-American migrants settled and the center of Black entertainment in South Philadelphia.
South Street at 27th Street Looking East, 1935
A street view photograph of the intersection of 27th and South Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Newton's Coal Yard, where many migrants from the South worked, was located at this intersection in the early 1900s.
South Street looking east from 11th Street
A photo of South Street, Philadelphia looking east from 11th street
South Street Looking East from Broad Street
This is a photograph of Broad Street and South Street looking east from Broad Street.
South Street, Philadelphia
View of South Street by way of Broad Street in Philadelphia, PA.
Southeast Corner of 9th & Montrose Streets in Philadelphia, 1954
This is a photo of the intersection of 9th and Montrose Streets, where Philadelphia's Italian Market is still located. In the photo, some stands can be seen. In the 1900s, Italian Americans had a huge influence in this area of Philadelphia, and the…
Stanley Theatre
The Stanley Theatre located on the corner of 16th Street and Market Street segregated African Americans in the gallery of the theatre, separate from White patrons. I. Maximilian Martin Jr. became involved in the desegregation of the theatre when he…
Stanton Theatre, Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
Image of the Stanton Theatre in Philadelphia, PA, where Isadore Martin Jr. attempted to have the owner desegregate the theatre.
Students at the Thomas Durham School
Students doing calisthenics in the Thomas Durham School, 16th and Lombard, Philadelphia, PA, June 1914.