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Collection: Octavia Hill Association

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Callowhill Nationalities

Map of a Philadelphia neighborhood showing the different immigrant communities who lived there.

Tags: Americanization, assimilation, Callowhill, ethnic groups, Housing projects, Immigration, Map, Octavia Hill Association, Progressive Era, reform, segregation, Tenement Houses

Before and After

The OHA shows how they improved living conditions in Philadelphia, and they asked people to invest in their company stock

Tags: Americanization, assimilation, Housing, Immigration, Octavia Hill Association, Progressive Era, reform, Row homes, Tenement Houses

Bad Habits Revealed

A sewage- and garbage-lined street betrays the "bad habits" of the people who live there. This photo showcases the unsanitary conditions that working-class immigrant communities lived in.

Tags: Housing projects, Octavia Hill Association, reform, sanitation, street scene, street view

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