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An autumn day on a quiet Spruce Hill street.

The Arena's marquee was highly visible to Market Elevated passengers traveling to or from the city.

A stamp created by the Armstrong Association of Philadelphia as part of a 1917 campaign to raise funds for education initiatives.

A postcard advertising rowhouses for sale in 1914, just two years before Philadelphia experienced a severe housing crisis.

A segregated waiting room crowded with travelers at the Jacksonville railroad depot.

An emblematic image of the Great Migration of African American families leaving the Jim Crow South in search of better economic and social opportunities in Northern cities, 1915–1970.

Fans Theater advertises two second-run westerns, Gun Glory (1957) and The Sheepman (1958). Diary of a Madman, staring Vincent Price, first ran in theaters in 1963.

Duke Ellington (pictured on left) frequently performed at Fay’s Theatre during its golden age.

The small theater at 40th and Market Streets was most well-known as Fay's but it began it's life as the Knickerbocker Theatre.

A 1915 Evening Public Ledger advertisement for Knickerbocker Theatre's production of "Bought and Paid For." The play was typical fare for the Knickerbocker—seemingly scandalous but ultimately reinforcing traditional middle-class values.