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A picture of young individuals looking for summer employment. These employment offices are common as teenagers apply for jobs and working papers. There were three other office locations in the city that offered employment certificates.

The Victor Café owner, Henry DiStefano with patrons
Thirteenth and Dickinson Streets (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)

Striking workers and sympathizers pulling down trolley poles outside the the Apex Hosiery Company plant in Philadelphia.

The strikers of the Stetson Factory refused to return to work and refused any help from the Union.

Newspaper article that discusses the importance of eliminating illiteracy among adult immigrants. Dr. Edwin C. Broom pushed the idea of using "Pershing's Rule". General Pershing ordered compulsory studies for army soldiers who could not read or…

A Stetson factory building being demolished

Governor Scranton (left) is greeted by Samuel E. Fulton, president of the Union League, on arrival at a Republican Party fund-raising campaign session.

Bluecoats, armed with sawed-off shotguns, undergoing inspection by Lieutenant Harry Edwards, police drillmaster, and Lieutenant George Fritz, police director of traffic.

Several men in suits stand alongside police officers as spectators at a police parade "...reviewing the turnout..."

Exterior of the old Arch Street Theater, with sidewalk and pedestrians