Brief submitted to the Orphans' Court on behalf of William Ashe Foust and Robert Felder, two African-American boys seeking admission to Girard College. Includes a history of the case and summary of the legal arguments supporting the desegregation...
Aerial view of North Philadelphia centering on the Reading Railroad yard and the North Philadelphia Train Station. View looks eastward fom 21st and Lehigh. Shibe Park (Connie Mack Stadium) and the Baker Bowl are visible.
Aerial view of North Philadelphia centering on the Reading Railroad yard and the North Philadelphia Train Station. View looks eastward fom 21st and Lehigh. Shibe Park (Connie Mack Stadium) and the Baker Bowl are visible.
Aerial view of North Philadelphia centering on the Reading Railroad yard and the North Philadelphia Train Station. View looks eastward fom 21st and Lehigh. Shibe Park (Connie Mack Stadium) and the Baker Bowl are visible.
Railroad in midground. Construction of two story buildings. Basic framework complete. One story building on left. Workmen. Building debris litters job site. Utility poles and power lines. Trees.
Hundreds of workers crowd a Pennsylvania Railroad station at 16th and Filbert Streets. The crowd has formed due to the lack of transportation via the P.T.C. strike.