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
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...here they would then march to the stadium in South Philadelphia.[12]As the day approached, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that 100,000 were expected to attend the Mass and many dignitaries would be there including the Governor of Pennsylvania and the Mayor of Philadelphia.[13] Halvey_482 The celebrations of June 2 began at