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The Free Library of Philadelphia, Department for children
This photo depicts The Free Library of Philadelphia, Department for children. Gruenberg learned early on in Philadelphia that anyone who is anyone goes to a private library. She did not like the free libraries sounded like a charity case.
Immigrants in night school
This photo depicts immigrants taking classes in night school. When Gruenberg and her family arrived in Minnesota, her mother took classes to polish her English.
Quaker Meeting House--Plymouth Meeting
This photo depicts the Quaker Meeting House in Plymouth Meeting. Gruenberg and her husband spent a weekend at this house and met a ninety year old woman there. The woman was in shock that Gruenberg and her husband were from Minnesota.
Her sewing keeps the country from coming apart at the seams
An advertisement sent out by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union promoting the Union.
Bird's-eye view of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A bird's eye view of North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pressers of work on women's coats in the cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey
The picture shows a Garment worker in a factory that produced women's coats.
Confiscated Moonshine Still
An Internal Revenue Service agent scrutinizes the contents of a moonshine still during the Prohibition era.
Russian Village
Russian Village in the early 1900s.
Smedley Butler Destroying Kegs of Beer
Philadelphia received help from the federal government twice in the 1920s to combat its Prohibition-fueled crime problem. The first intervention involved the appointment of General Smedley Butler (1881-1940), shown here in 1924 destroying a barrel of…