Fishtown

Posted on Friday, July 10, 2015
One of Philadelphia’s oldest neighborhoods is filled with youthful energy

The History

Fishtown’s history is a bit fuzzy in its origin and is tied very strongly to the history of another nearby historic Philadelphian neighborhood, Kensington.  In 1704 a merchant of English descent from Barbados named Anthony Palmer arrived in the then barely 20 year old city of Philadelphia.  A successful merchant, he purchased 582 acres of land for the modest sum of 500 Barbados pounds.
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Transforming the understanding of the human experience.

The History

In 1887 the University of Pennsylvania was preparing for an archeological expedition to the site of Nippur, an ancient Sumerian city in present day Iraq.  The expedition would be the first American expedition to ancient Babylonia to excavate the site of Nippur in what was then the Ottoman Empire.
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Philadelphia Bourse

Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
The Bourse Building, opened in 1895, was the first Commodities Exchange in the United States. The Bourse Building was the first in the world to simultaneously house a stock exchange, maritime exchange and grain-trading center.

The History

In 1890, influential Philadelphian businessman George E. Bartol visited the Bourse of Hamburg, Germany.  The historic German merchant exchange offered a forum for those in the grain trade to conduct business.
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Independence Seaport Museum

Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2015
A museum dedicated to Philadelphia’s rich maritime history.

The History

Originally founded in 1960 as the Philadelphia Maritime Museum, the Independence Seaport Museum is dedicated to helping visitors understand and experience Philadelphia’s long and important relationship to its waterways.  The museum was founded by J. Welles Henderson, a Philadelphian lawyer with a lifelong fascination with maritime history and the open seas.
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