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Our Philadelphia (1914)

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936, Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 480

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uiet but the gentle jingling of the occasional leisurelyhorse-car. And what did I find it?—A slum, captured by theRussian Jew, the old houses dirty, down-at-the-heel; theonce spotless marble steps unwashed, the white shuttershanging loose; the decorative old iron hinges and catchesand insurance… … ST. PETERS CHURCHYARD AFTER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY 463 every door, almost every window, and in groups in thestreet, men, women and children with Oriental faces, hereand there a man actually in his caftan, bearded, with thelittle curls in front of his ears, and a woman with ahandkerchief over her…

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

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