
Atwater Kent Collection @ Drexel
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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…


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







"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



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…



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



#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…

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…

