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Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf The Philadelphia Mummers: Building Community Through Play by Patricia Anne Masters published by Temple University Press, 2007; 232 pages; cloth, $74.50, paper, $22.95 Every New Year’s Day since 1901, the Philadelphia Mummers have presented a spectacular show of shows that raucously snakes and shimmies its way through city streets. The Mummers Parade includes music, dance, comedy, and mime, along...
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1931 Report of Penn Central Light and Power Company

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on 1931 Report of Penn Central Light and Power Company A 1931 report of the Penn Central Light and Power Company, of Altoona, Blair County, is contained in Record Group 14, Records of the Department of Internal Affairs, in record series 14.10, Annual Reports of Manufactured Gas Companies, 1931-1936, 1939-1955, at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Harrisburg. According to these annual reports, forty-four manufactured gas companies were operating in...
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