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BROAD, GERMANTOWN, ERIE: 1960S-1970S

Add brief description here - maybe just a sentence or two highlighting major themes/resources?

We could potentially link to resource images/text from the "area overview" page.

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If we go with a timeline, will we remove the thematic pages? I would vote yes - we could fold text and material on thematic pages into the timeline, create mini-galleries + find other ways to graphically highlight.

The Strand Theater, 3601 Germantown Avenue. 8/29/1960.

​Photo: Blanck.

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 Multiple theaters in the area around Broad, Germantown, and Erie contributed to the area’s prominence as an entertainment destination.

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The Strand Theater was demolished in 1961 to clear the site for a parking lot.  

 

Photo courtesy of PhillyHistory.org, a project of the Philadelphia Department of Records. 

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The newly renovated Nicetown-Tioga branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 3720-22 North Broad Street. 3/2/1961.

Photo: Widdop. 

 

Photo courtesy of PhillyHistory.org, a project of the Philadelphia Department of Records. 

Overhead interior view of the Nicetown-Tioga Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia following extensive renovations.

1/24/1962. 

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 Free Library of Philadelphia Print and Picture Collection.  

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Parking lot at Germantown Avenue and Venango Street. Photo of sign and general view. 1/25/1962. 

Photo: Widdop.

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This parking lot is located on the former site of the Strand Theater. 

 

Photo courtesy of PhillyHistory.org, a project of the Philadelphia Department of Records. 

"The 'Opportunities Industrialization Center' project was launched last night at a meeting before the founding formation group at the Zion Baptist Church. Speaking is the group's founder, Rev. Leon Sullivan, Pastor of the Zion Baptist Church." 7/29/1963. 

Photo: Mikalonis.

 

Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center. Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia PA.  

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“Opportunities Industrialization Center student Robert Fisher, age 32 works on a lathe. Also in the photograph is Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the OIC. The OIC is located at Nineteenth and and Oxford Streets in North Philadelphia.” 1/7/1965. 

Photo: Jack Tinney.

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Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center. Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia PA.

Photograph of (L-R) Cecil B. Moore, C. Delores Tucker, and Ruth Harper. 1960s. 

Photo: John W. Mosley.​

 

Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center. Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia PA.

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Zion Baptist Church, Broad and Venango Streets. 11/26/1969.

Photo: Dominic Pasquarella.

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​This building was destroyed by a fire. 

 

Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center. Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia PA.

Broad, Germantown, and Erie 

commercial area. 1971.

Photo: Parker & Mullikin. 

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 Free Library of Philadelphia Print and Picture Collection.  

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Broad, Germantown, and Erie 

commercial area. 1971.

Photo: Parker & Mullikin. 

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 Free Library of Philadelphia Print and Picture Collection.  

Broad, Germantown, and Erie 

commercial area. 1971.

Photo: Parker & Mullikin. 

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 Free Library of Philadelphia Print and Picture Collection.  

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Broad, Germantown, and Erie 

commercial area. 1971.

Photo: Parker & Mullikin. 

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 Free Library of Philadelphia Print and Picture Collection.  

Broad, Germantown, and Erie 

commercial area. 1971.

Photo: Parker & Mullikin. 

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 Free Library of Philadelphia Print and Picture Collection.  

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The Beury Building, North Broad Street. 1/11/1978. 

Photo: Jon Falk.

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Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center. Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia PA.

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