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2009.21.1Scope and Content
Pages 29 and 30 of the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 23, 1896.
Page 29 features a story by Frank M. Taylor entitled, "Old York Road and Wheelmen." It includes a sketch of the "bicyclers route to Jenkintown" and images of the residences of John B. Stetson on Serpentine Avenue, W. F. Snyder on Chelten Avenue, John Wanamaker, George V. Cresson at Washington Lane and Chelten Avenue, and J. M. Butler on Spring Avenue, as well as the corner of Wood Street and Old York Rd, the Sorrel Horse Tavern on 4th St. below Vine, and Ivy Green, the original Cheltenham Academy building.
Other stories are "Grateful Hebe, how one of Barnum's elephants remembered the man who cured her foot," "When should a man feel encouraged?," "It was all right, the haughty bank teller convinced by a second look at the check," "Examination for life insurance," and "A playful maniac," by Agnes l. Prevost.
Page 30 features a story on "Edgar Allen Poe in Philadelphia" with images of Poe and the house where he lived. There is also "A Student of the Beaux-Arts" by Stephen Heilig, with several sketches, and "Work for young women."Collection
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