[dflip id=”10464″ ][/dflip] Article by former Archivist of the Germantown Historical Society and the former editor of the Germantown Crier, Lisabeth M. Holloway on the craft industry of shoemaking in Germantown.
Highlights from a special exhibition at the Germantown Historical Society in the Fall of 1988.
[dflip id=”10365″ ][/dflip] Part 2 of the article featured in the Spring 1988 edition of the Crier by Martha Crary Halpern
[dflip id=”10379″ ][/dflip] <br> Highlights from the Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of the 1688 Germantown Protest Against Slavery Facsimile and Text of the Protest Against Slavery, 1688 Background and Circumstances of the Germantown Protest Against Slavery, 1688 – Part 1 by Martha Crary Halpern Three Exhibits Celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Germantown Protest [read more…]
[dflip id=”10490″ ][/dflip] An article highlighting medical practices in Germantown by Steven J. Peitzman, M.D. and Lisabeth M. Holloway. From the Vol. 39, No. 3 Summer 1987 edition.
[dflip id=”10395″ ][/dflip] “As the German village slowly grew into a town and then into a suburb and eventually submerged its identity, at least in part, in the City of Philadelphia, a number of smaller communities came into being within its boundaries, flourished for a time, more or less, and ultimately disappeared. Some of these, [read more…]
[dflip id=”10389″ ][/dflip] List of Street names from historical volumes circa 1885 and 1897
[dflip id=”10295″ ][/dflip] A brief history of Belfield – the historic house once owned by American artist, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist – Charles Willson Peale. From the Tercentary edition of the Germantown Crier, written by Geraldine Duclow.
[dflip id=”10190″ ][/dflip] A brief, yet interesting history of the community of Mount Airy in the Old German Township by a freelance author, Phyllis Knapp Thomas.
[dflip id=”10410″ ][/dflip] Included here a collection of smaller articles from the Winter 1974 edition. Volume 26, Number 1 The Op Den Graeffs by Nancy Sellers The Upper Burying Ground of Germantown by Doris F. Ritzinger Earliest Kindergarten – from “The Scrap Book” compiled by N.K. Ployd of Germantown, in 1909. Scraps of Local History [read more…]
“Curtis Sisco is New Owner of C.A. Rowell Department Store” By Helen M. Comly – about the African American businessman who purchased the C.A. Rowell Department Store.
Written by Margaret H. Bacon, Information Director of American Friends Service and Columnist for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Highlights events related to the burning of Pennsylvania Hall, “one of the most commodious and splendid buildings in the city,” was an abolitionist venue built in 1837–38. It was a “Temple of Free Discussion” where antislavery, women’s rights, and other reform lecturers could be heard. Four days after it opened it was destroyed by arson – the work of an anti-abolitionist mob.
[dflip id=”10305″ ][/dflip] Article by Joseph J. Peters, M.D.
A summary history of some of the highlights of the evolution of the Young Women’s Christian Association of Germantown – compiled by Elizabeth McHose in the Fall 1969 edition of the Germantown Crier.
Excerpts from a book in the Germantown Historical Society published in Germantown in 1755 – featuring true tales of 18th century ghost sightings in the Old German Township!
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