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Image shows two children standing in a flooded yard due to faulty drainage at 8410 Harley Street in Philadelphia. There is a duck near the children. An exterior view of part of a house is in the background.

The image shows the children near a pile of trash next to the curb located on the 800 block of American Street in Philadelphia. The children are the main focus and the exterior of the properties are in the background.

Flu victim being escorted to the hospital by police.

The Victor Café owner, Henry DiStefano with patrons
Thirteenth and Dickinson Streets (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)

Exterior of the old Arch Street Theater, with sidewalk and pedestrians

Mayor Bernard Samuel taps the Liberty Bell in celebration of D-Day

Children waiting in line at a soup kitchen. Many would appear on corners weekly for people to receive a bit of soup.

Four men discuss means to end the SEPTA strike, in the City Hall chambers of Judge James R. Cavanaugh today. They are (from left) Governor Shapp, Mathew Guinan, TWU president; the judge and Mayor Rizzo.

Governor Scranton (left) is greeted by Samuel E. Fulton, president of the Union League, on arrival at a Republican Party fund-raising campaign session.

Newspaper articles describe the horrors of "sweatshops," a by-product of the Great Depression where children aged 14-17 years old are forced to work in deplorable conditions for sub-standard pay.