Shows the condition of rehabilitated housing in Germantown by the Octavia Hill Association. Housing is located on the 500 Block of East Rittenhouse Street.
Buildings built in the Germantown Improvement act by the Octavia Hill Association to replace dilapidated and poor living conditions. The new housing includes separate toilets for seven families and running water.
Fried's Restaurant. Enclosed please find photo of my father's first restuarant at the corner of 12th and Filbert Street in Philadelphia. My father was born in Vienna, Austria and came to this country in 1910. After 4 years at that location he...
A rear view of housing built by the Octavia Hill Association on the 500 Block of East Rittenhouse Street. To the right, a building that has not been rehabilitated is shown. Buildings torn down in 1940.
