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A rundown, wood built home in Philadelphia in July. Two stories, a streetlamp leans beside it along a dusty road.

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Carpenter's Hall was located on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. It was the headquarters of the Carpenter's Company and hosted many historical events including the First Continental Congress in 1774.

Philadelphia_Inquirer_1922-08-03_12.pdf
The article is very critical of labor in Philadelphia and believes that the Amalgamated are hindering labor and a bunch of foreigners.

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A section of women Stetson workers trimming soft hats.

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A street view of some of the buildings at the intersection of Broad and York St. in 1925.

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A street view of the Philadelphia Art Museum about ten years after it first opened.

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The Photograph is from the Public Ledger Newspaper. It shows a view of the mill district in Northern Philadelphia. It is significant to notice all the smoke, which signifies all the goods the great workshops are producing.

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A woman and children in the shade of the trees at Fairmount Park

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The young women is operating a drill press in a car factory located in Baltimore Maryland.

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The picture shows a woman who is training to be a welder at the Hog island Shipyard.
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