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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JSY_joseph-bonaparte_Philadelphia-PA.html
The elder brother of Napoleon and deposed king of Naples & Spain lived here, 1815-1816. The house was built about 1813. During Joseph's occupancy here, this was a gathering place for Bonapartist refugees & other French nationals.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JSX_first-republican-national-convention_Philadelphia-PA.html
In the Musical Fund Hall here in June 1856, John C. Fremont was nominated for President of the U.S. He lost the election to James Buchanan. Formed in 1854, the Republican Party opposed the extension of slavery; Lincoln was its first nominee electe…
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Mary Harris Jones began the March of the Factory Children here, July 1903, to dramatize the need for child labor legislation. Born in Ireland, Jones was an organizer and inspiring presence in the U.S. coal, steel, and textile labor movements.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JRW_john-wanamaker-1838-1922_Philadelphia-PA.html
Philadelphia merchant, famed for the department stores bearing his name. In 1861 he opened his first store. He built his "new kind of store" here in 1876 and implemented new concepts including the one-price system & money-back guarantee. Active in…
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On November 11, 1932, Girl Scouts baked & sold cookies for the first time in the windows of the Philadelphia Gas & Electric Co. here. This endeavor soon became a Philadelphia tradition. In 1936 the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A adopted the annual cooki…
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America's earliest surviving photograph was made here about Sept. 25, 1839. Using a cigar box and crude lens, Joseph Saxton of the U.S. Mint created an image of Central High School (now demolished) shortly after Daguerre had announced his process …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ0M_ricketts-circus_Philadelphia-PA.html
America's first circus building was opened here at 12th and Market Streets, April 3, 1793. On that day the English equestrian John Bill Ricketts gave America's first complete circus performance. President Washington attended his show later that se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGC4_mothers-day_Philadelphia-PA.html
Founded by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. First officially observed in 1908, it honored motherhood and family life at a time of rising feminist activism. An early supporter was John Wanamaker, whose store stood opposite. Mother's Day was given feder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5Z0_andrew-hamilton_Philadelphia-PA.html
In honor ofAndrew Hamilton1665 - 1741"The Philadelphia Lawyer"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5H8_psfs-building_Philadelphia-PA.html
The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building is regarded as the first International Style skyscraper built in the U.S. Completed in 1932, it was a radical departure from traditional bank architecture, exploiting the latest technological and struc…
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