Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...Jesus had continued working in the hospital despite her sickness until the day before she passed.[14] The serve and sacrifice of the religious sisters during the Spanish Flu epidemic is an important part of Philadelphia history that must be remembered and celebrated. Indeed, their largely anonymous actions helped save the
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...schools such as Immaculata College, and local events such as St. Patrick’s Day parades. Halvey once said, “I think many of my pictures will last long after I’m gone,” and PAHRC intends to digitize the negatives to fulfill this prediction. Luciano Pavarotti and the late Cardinal Bevilacqua, 1989 The
1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut
...side. August proved to be the worst month with well over a hundred cases a day reported. A significant number of those cases resulted in death. The worst days in the city were August 6, when there were 176 cases and 71 deaths, and August 7, when there were 136