Insight Philadelphia: Historical Essays Illustrated
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Each of the nearly 100 essays in Insight Philadelphia tells a succinct, compelling, and littleknown tale of the city’s past. Some stories are quirky, like how early gas stations were designed to resemble classical temples, or the saga of how a museum acquired a 2000yearold Greek statue, then had it demolished with a sledgehammer. Other stories turn serious, exploring the tragic deaths of child laborers in the city’s textile mills and a centuryold case of racial profiling that led to a s...






















