Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...The exterior views also have standard touches such as well dressed passers-by. Almost all include a horse and carriage of some sort and some of the prints from larger cities include streetcars. St. Agatha's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Only a few prints break from this standard format. The lithograph of St.

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Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals

...ev. Francis Patrick Kenrick, Administrator and Bishop of Philadelphia, 1831-1852, Later Archbishop of Baltimore. Trans. Francis Edward Tourscher. Lancaster: Wickersham Printing Co., 1916. The Kenrick-Frenaye Correspondence: Letters chiefly of Francis Patrick Kenrick and Marc Antony Frenaye Selected from the Cathedral Archives, Philadelphia. Trans. Francis Edward Tourscher. Philadelphia: Wickersham Printing Company,

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Pilgrimage of Hope

...ning Saint Francis and Saint Clare. It was nice to get away from the hustle-and-bustle of Rome, with large amounts of pilgrims arriving for the Jubilee of Deacons. From the train station 3 miles away, the Basilica of Saint Francis is an imposing force on the landscape. Construction of the

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