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The Museum Garden is opening tonight for “Who Got The Jazz!” Join us! Doors open at 5:30. Enter on 7th St. 🎼🎼 x.com/visitphilly/st…

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Throwing it back to 1940 in the City of Brotherly Love with Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel’s shot! This art-deco style Gulf site fueled #Philadelphia from its location on Broad and Cherry Streets. #gulfoil #itallstartshere Learn more: philadelphiahistory.org/objects/gulf-o…

Throwing it back to 1940 in the City of Brotherly Love with <a href="/philahistory/">Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel</a>’s shot! This art-deco style Gulf site fueled #Philadelphia from its location on Broad and Cherry Streets. #gulfoil #itallstartshere

Learn more: philadelphiahistory.org/objects/gulf-o…
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Coming summer 2022, Drexel University will provide online public access to the Atwater Kent Collection (former PHM) through a searchable database. Website features preview of 501 objects: philadelphiahistory.org/digital-previe… #AtwaterKentCollection #PhiladelphiaHistory

Coming summer 2022, <a href="/DrexelUniv/">Drexel University</a> will provide online public access to the Atwater Kent Collection (former PHM) through a searchable database. Website features preview of 501 objects: philadelphiahistory.org/digital-previe… #AtwaterKentCollection #PhiladelphiaHistory
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Happy Valentines Day - sending a love letter to Philly with the launch of our history collections portal. Website in profile #ValentinesDay #PhiladelphiaHistory #AtwaterKentCollection

Happy Valentines Day - sending a love letter to Philly with the launch of our history collections portal. Website in profile #ValentinesDay #PhiladelphiaHistory #AtwaterKentCollection
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1200 Block of Market St, entrance to Reading Terminal; "Automat" sign visible left of entrance (Horn & Hardart) with more businesses to the right. Photo by Jules Schick, circa 1960 Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel #PhilaHistory #Drexel #Philadelphia

1200 Block of Market St, entrance to Reading Terminal; "Automat" sign visible left of entrance (Horn &amp; Hardart) with more businesses to the right. Photo by Jules Schick, circa 1960 Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel #PhilaHistory #Drexel #Philadelphia
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Rectangular cardboard box with green trim for "Superior Yeast Powders" James T. Shinn, Apothecary S.W. Corner of Broad and Spruce Streets (current site of the Kimmel Center) [circa 1867] #pancakes #PhilaHistory #AtwaterKentCollection #Drexel

Rectangular cardboard box with green trim for "Superior Yeast Powders" James T. Shinn, Apothecary
S.W. Corner of Broad and Spruce Streets (current site of the Kimmel Center) [circa 1867] #pancakes #PhilaHistory #AtwaterKentCollection #Drexel
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"Women of the Red Cross Canteen Service Hand Out Good Things to Eat" in Philly - photo orig. published in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, circa 1918 #womenshistory #PhiladelphiaHistory #RedCross Red Cross Philadelphia #AKCDrexel Drexel University

"Women of the Red Cross Canteen Service Hand Out Good Things to Eat" in Philly - photo orig. published in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, circa 1918 #womenshistory #PhiladelphiaHistory #RedCross <a href="/RedCrossPhilly/">Red Cross Philadelphia</a> #AKCDrexel <a href="/DrexelUniv/">Drexel University</a>
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"A Selection of Irish Melodies, with Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson Mus. Doc. and Characteristic words by Thomas Moore, Esq." circa 1847. Published/Sold by G.E. Blake's Musical Repository & Circulating Library No. 1 South Third Street Phila. #StPatricksDay

"A Selection of Irish Melodies, with Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson Mus. Doc. and Characteristic words by Thomas Moore, Esq." circa 1847. Published/Sold by G.E. Blake's Musical Repository &amp; Circulating Library No. 1 South Third Street Phila. #StPatricksDay
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What do a teapot, a medicine bottle and a typewriter have in common? They're all part of the Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel new online portal. drexel.edu/news/archive/2…

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John Fitch completed the first successful trial of a steamboat on the Delaware River in the presence of members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The model was created by WPA artists in 1939 #NationalMaritimeDay #AKCatDrexel #Drexel #PhilaHistory

John Fitch completed the first successful trial of a steamboat on the Delaware River in the presence of members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
The model was created by WPA artists in 1939
#NationalMaritimeDay #AKCatDrexel #Drexel #PhilaHistory
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Thousands of objects from Philly's history are accessible to the public once more through Drexel's stewardship of the Atwater Kent Collection. Read how Drexel is preserving and digitizing it all for posterity in the fall issue, now online at drexelmagazine.org.

Thousands of objects from Philly's history are accessible to the public once more through Drexel's stewardship of the Atwater Kent Collection. Read how Drexel is preserving and digitizing it all for posterity in the fall issue, now online at drexelmagazine.org.
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What happens when a museum closes? What could a museum without walls look like? Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel is working through these questions with a #PresAccessFunded project to digitize the former Atwater Kent Museum's collection. Watch the online presence grow here: bit.ly/AKMcollec

What happens when a museum closes? What could a museum without walls look like? <a href="/philahistory/">Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel</a> is working through these questions with a #PresAccessFunded project to digitize the former Atwater Kent Museum's collection. Watch the online presence grow here: bit.ly/AKMcollec
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Coming July 2024… Philadelphia Revealed Visit the Exhibition. Listen to the Podcast. Find Your Story. #PhiladelphiaRevealed

Coming July 2024…

Philadelphia Revealed

Visit the Exhibition. Listen to the Podcast. Find Your Story.

#PhiladelphiaRevealed
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#PhiladelphiaRevealed is an exhibition, a podcast & an interactive platform! 🏛️July 18 – Dec 1 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 🔍Objects from Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel at Drexel University 🔊Podcast by @WHYY & Rowhome Productions 🎙️Storytelling by FirstPersonArts 🎨Supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage whyy.org/programs/phila…

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History majors Bailey Michalak and Emma Johnson are working as gallery attendants for Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel's latest exhibition, “Philadelphia Revealed: Unpacking the Attic.”  Learn more about the exhibition, which is free for Drexel University DragonCard holders: drexel.edu/news/archive/2…

History majors Bailey Michalak and Emma Johnson are working as gallery attendants for <a href="/philahistory/">Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel</a>'s latest exhibition, “Philadelphia Revealed: Unpacking the Attic.”   

Learn more about the exhibition, which is free for <a href="/DrexelUniv/">Drexel University</a> DragonCard holders: drexel.edu/news/archive/2…
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Have you heard? #iAlphabet has been extended until the end of July! Celebrate the installation with music and poetry April 21st at our "Journeys Across Imaginary Lines" event! RSVP for this FREE event here: bit.ly/2FW2n3U

Have you heard? #iAlphabet has been extended until the end of July! Celebrate the installation with music and poetry April 21st at our "Journeys Across Imaginary Lines" event! RSVP for this FREE event here: bit.ly/2FW2n3U