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A black and white image of Pier 11 North underneath the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. When it opened in 1926 the Delaware River Bridge--renamed the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in 1956--was the world’s longest suspension bridge.

Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church in the Gray's Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, where Irish-American residents of the neighborhood also went to the parish school.

Street scene depicting the commercial strip of South Street, a 4th Street, the heart of the Jewish quarter in Philadelphia during the early twentieth century. Trolley tracks cross the cobblestone intersection, with pushcarts and automobiles along the…

Students buying items from a food cart outside of Central High School, North Broad Street and Green Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1934.

J. G Brill Company car during the Founder's Week Parade on Broad Street looking North from Spruce Street - Academy of Music.

Photograph of four railroad tracks at N 02nd Street and W Clearfield Street in Philadelphia

This photo shows the Southwark House on Ellsworth and Front Street. Gruenberg and her husband were volunteer residents at Southwark House.

Row homes in Kensington. These were the types of homes many immigrants lived in when they moved to Philadelphia.

A view of Kensington and Lehigh Avenue. This photo shows both trolleys and horse drawn carriages.

This photo depicts the Philadelphia Ethical Society. Gruenberg and her husband were very involved with the Ethical Society. Gruenberg help a chairman position as the chairman of archives.