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Our Philadelphia (1914)

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936, Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 230

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o the unhappy visitorwhat the native knew too well, that, when it has a mind to,it can be the most intolerably hot place in the world—sweltering, demoralized crowds—unexpected descentsupon a household as quiet as ours of friends not seen foryears and relations never heard of—brilliant autumn… … PHILADELPHIA FROM BELMONT THE FIRST AWAKENING 213 IIIBut, without bothering, I could not escape a dim per-ception that Philadelphia had not turned itself topsy-turvyto amuse me and the world. Things were in the air Icould not get away from. The very words Centennial andColonial were too new in my…

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936 · Lithography, American

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