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Posted on Friday, February 5th, 2010
The year was 1901, the street was torn up and the Police were posing in front of this swinging doored saloon. But what is it in 2010? We initially thought it was Johnny Brenda’s but the photograph says it was down the block at Girard and Shackamaxon. There certainly are some similarities between the buildings [...]
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Posted on Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Most Fridays we scan various sites looking for Eyeball Benders from the Past. Today’s search uncovered an interesting newspaper clip from the University of Pennsylvania’s Digital Image Collection.
In January of 1950 18 people were arrested in a Vice Squad raid of Smokey Joe’s. What happened next was a Penn tradition, a “rowbottom.” A rowbottom was [...]
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Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010
This turn of the century image depicts “Philadelphia’s answer to New York’s Tiffany & Co.” Today it’s a restaurant, do you what restaurant it is?
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Posted on Friday, January 8th, 2010
in 1972 it was a tire shop, before that it was a farmers’ market. What restaurant will you find at this location today?
Photo via PhillyHistory.org
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Posted on Thursday, December 24th, 2009
We leave Center City for this Eyeball Bender from the Past. In 1970 it was a small 5-and-dime, can you guess what restaurant now resides at this corner location.
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Posted on Friday, December 11th, 2009
In 1965 this street corner featured a hotel and bar. Do you know what is now at this Philadelphia street corner?
Photograph via PhillyHistory.org
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Posted on Friday, November 20th, 2009
Recognize the corner spot in this 1960 photograph?
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Posted on Friday, November 6th, 2009
Do you recognize the location in this 1954 photograph? Here’s a hint, it’s the same restaurant today.
Photo via PhillyHistory.org
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Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Today the middle building shown in this 1927 photograph is vacant but maybe not for long. Can you identify what it was and what it might become?
As for the What Price Glory poster, it’s for a 1926 silent movie.
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Posted on Friday, October 9th, 2009
It was McMenamin’s Luncheonette in this 1947 photo. What is it today?
Photo via PhillyHistory.org
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