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Herman Wrice in the streets

Herman Wrice in the streets with Mothers Against Drugs

The Wrice Process

Herman Wrice, wearing his trademark white hard hat, with MAD demonstrators

Mantua by Race

1990 U.S. Census Racial Distribution in Mantua, Powelton Village, and Saunders Park 

Andrew Jenkins in 1979

Andrew Jenkins, Mantua Community Planners, in a 1979 photo

Herman Wrice and the Young Great Society

Herman Wrice and the Young Great Society

Herman Wrice airs his views

Herman Wrice Mural

David McShane painted this memorial to Mantua anti-drug crusader Herman Wrice for Mural Arts Philadelphia in 2000. The original mural covered a wall at 33rd & Vernon streets, but was hidden from view by later construction. The recreated version, shown here, is located on the northwest corner of 33rd Street and Haverford Avenue.

Rowhouses on the 3601 block of Spring Garden St.

Rowhouses on the 3601 block of Spring Garden St. 

Older Mantua Rowhouses

3900 block of Haverford Ave. 

Mantua Street Scene

Mantua on 33rd Street above Spring Garden Street; Drexel University in far background. 

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