Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
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Cautions Workers About Pessimism
At the John B. Stetson Company Christmas party, MacKinnon presents a speech and warns the employees about pessimism of the current conditions.
Hatters Remove Trade Hazard
Hatters outlawed all mercurial compounds used in preparing furs and developed non-mercurial compounds to make felt.
Stetson On Illiteracy
Newspaper article that discusses the importance of eliminating illiteracy among adult immigrants. Dr. Edwin C. Broom pushed the idea of using "Pershing's Rule". General Pershing ordered compulsory studies for army soldiers who could not read or…
Stetson Strike News Article
The strikers of the Stetson Factory refused to return to work and refused any help from the Union.
Hand of friendship helps Puerto Rican Domestics feel at home
Doris Barish (left) is acting as an interpreter showing Magdalina Gil how to handle an English telephone.
Philadelphia Police Parade
Several men in suits stand alongside police officers as spectators at a police parade "...reviewing the turnout..."
Group of General Electric employees
A large group of General electric service shop employees. It seems that those in charge are standing in the back in suits and hats.
Police train with shotguns
Bluecoats, armed with sawed-off shotguns, undergoing inspection by Lieutenant Harry Edwards, police drillmaster, and Lieutenant George Fritz, police director of traffic.
Youth getting employment papers at Dobbins Vocational School
A picture of young individuals looking for summer employment. These employment offices are common as teenagers apply for jobs and working papers. There were three other office locations in the city that offered employment certificates.