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Episode No. 24 – Election Day on the Streets of Philadelphia (Part 4 – The 20th Century City)

Episode No. 24 – Election Day on the Streets of Philadelphia (Part 4 – The 20th Century City)

Published October 22, 2024

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Casting a ballot on Election Day transformed into a completely different experience in the early twentieth century. Generally, voting in Philadelphia moved indoors, grew safer,…

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Episode No. 22 – Election Day on the Streets of Philadelphia (Part 2 – The New American Capital)

Episode No. 22 – Election Day on the Streets of Philadelphia (Part 2 – The New American Capital)

Published October 8, 2024

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The founding fathers wanted to pretend that the government of the newly formed United States stood above faction. But organizing and get out the vote…

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Episode No. 21 – Election Day on the Streets of Philadelphia (Part 1 – The Colonial City)

Episode No. 21 – Election Day on the Streets of Philadelphia (Part 1 – The Colonial City)

Published October 1, 2024

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Colonial Philadelphia’s government provided a striking contrast to the more egalitarian, consensus-driven leadership of the Native American Lenape. Election Day in colonial Philadelphia placed a…

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Episode No. 20: These are the People in the Gilded Age, Part 2 – Women and ReformKensington carpet weavers on strike 1885

Episode No. 20: These are the People in the Gilded Age, Part 2 – Women and Reform

Published June 11, 2024

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These are the women’s movement histories that you haven’t heard. After the Civil War, women from all walks of life worked to make Philadelphia a…

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REBROADCAST Episode No. 4 – The Fight for Philly’s StreetcarsMarket Street and 11th Street 1865, Library Company of Philadelphia

REBROADCAST Episode No. 4 – The Fight for Philly’s Streetcars

Published April 25, 2023

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We’re rebroadcasting this earlier episode about the Black community’s fight to integrate Philly’s streetcars in the years following the Civil War 1865-1871. This story fits…

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Episode No. 16 – Civil War Flows through Philly Streets

Episode No. 16 – Civil War Flows through Philly Streets

Published March 28, 2023

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Philadelphia, like the rest of the nation, was poorly prepared for war. When the Civil War broke out, the cobbled-together city became a key part…

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