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This street scene looks east from 6th street on the Allegheny Avenue bridge, near where Catherine Ehrmann first lived after she got married. The photograph shows cobblestone streets with trolley tracks, and high wire electricity.

This is a sketch of Allegheny Theatre.

A Jewish immigrant neighborhood alley shared by many families in row homes.

A union label with the insignia of the American Federation of Labor on it.

Newspaper clippings of stories mentioning Gomborow’s involvement in various investigations and arrests; official investigation reports on individuals and groups submitted to the Department of Public Safety; photographs of Gomborow and other officers…

This pamphlet released by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce in 1923 outlines the best methods for integrating immigrants into the community.

The National Security League distributed pamphlets that taught immigrants how to Americanize and how Americans can spread Americanization. The pamphlet describes Americanization and how best to naturalize foreign-born citizens. The pamphlet instructs…

This article describes the work and goals of the "friendly rent collectors" of the Octavia Hill Association in Philadelphia. These women go to the houses of immigrants to collect rent and in doing so inspect the properties and tenants giving them…

Painting of Amman, Jordan, hanging in Hayfaa Ibrahem Abduqdar's Northeast Philadelphia apartment

Ana Maria Roldan's Grandparents