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Photograph ca. 1991 depicting the Estampas Colombianas dance company, from the Estampas Colombianas photographs (PG380). Photo courtesy of Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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Mary Tuomanen and Aaron Cromie

Available Light at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983. Photo by Tom Vinetz. Performers: Lucinda Childs, Nan Friedman, Meg Harper, Janet Kaufman, Priscilla Newell, Steve Bromer, Michael Ing, Erin Matthiessen, Daniel McCusker, Ande Peck, and Garry Reigenborn.
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FringeArts

Arturo O’Farrill in performance. Photo by David Garten.
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PRISM Quartet

Bill Stewart.
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William Way LGBT Community Center

Yinka Shonibare MBE, Planets in My Head, Philosophy, 2011. Mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, leather and fiberglass, 16 x 16 x 45 inches. Photo by Darryl W. Moran, courtesy of The Barnes Foundation.
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The Barnes Foundation

Melanie Smith, Orange Lush, 1995/2015, installation view of Strange Currencies, The Galleries at Moore. Photo by Kait Privitera.
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Moore College of Art & Design

Johnson House Historic Site. Image courtesy of Hidden City Philadelphia.
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Johnson House Historic Site

David Lang, Symphony for a Broken Orchestra, 2017, presented by Temple Contemporary. Photo by Karl Seifert.
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Temple Contemporary

University of the Arts School of Dance, Nora Chipaumire, "#PUNK" performance shot. Pictured: Nora Chipaumire and Shamar Watt. Photo by Ian Douglas.
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University of the Arts

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Philadelphia Young Playwrights

Philadelphia City Hall courtyard, 2014. Photo courtesy of Paul Farber.
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Penn Institute for Urban Research

Reclaim. Rebuild. Repurpose. workshop, part of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council’s Chester Made Cultural Exploration Zone. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council

The Students' Magazine, published monthly, at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind (Philadelphia: Printed on the Institution Press, M. Snider, printer, 1838). Photo courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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Library Company of Philadelphia

Most meetinghouses are ¼ of the size of the Arch Street Meeting House, which is so large because it was constructed to hold an annual meeting of Quakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware. Photo by Brian Kutner.
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Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust

Photo by Hank Willis Thomas and Wyatt Gallery, courtesy of Philly Block Project.
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TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image

Drexel University, Great Court, Main Building. Photo by Halkin/Mason Photography. Courtesy of Drexel University Westphal College.
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Drexel University Westphal College

The Fairmount Water Works Today: A 21st Century Inspiration, 2014, architectural illustration. Courtesy of Fairmount Water Works.
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Fund for the Water Works

A group of activists held the first organized civil rights demonstrations in front of Independence Hall and Liberty Bell in Philadelphia on July 4, 1965. Photo © Mattachine Society.
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Independence Visitor Center Corporation

Painting by student of Olney Charter School for a Mural Arts program designed to teach about the history of Philadelphia's 7th Ward. Courtesy of the Mayors Fund for Philadelphia.
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The Philadelphia City Fund

The Summer Winter Community Garden at 32nd and Summer Streets in Philadelphia, a community garden supported through Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS). Photo courtesy of PHS.
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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Martha McDonald, Songs of Memory and Forgetting. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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RAIR

The Woodlands grounds during a summer event. Photo by Molly Dixon.
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The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation

The highlight of The Franklin Institute's Joel N. Bloom Observatory is the 10-inch Zeiss refracting telescope. Courtesy of The Franklin Institute.
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The Franklin Institute