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North of Society Hill : and other stories / by William B. Richter.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Reference F158.5 .R5 1970
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richter, William Benson, 1901-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Jews--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Jews.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 180 p. ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on jacket: A Collection of stories about old Philadelphia
- Place of Publication:
- North Quincy, Mass. : Christopher Pub. House, c1970.
- Contents:
- The simple folks of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia's nationalities before Society Hill
- The Philadelphia ghetto in the early 1900s
- Interesting things about the ghetto and old Philadelphia
- A lifetime of observations in Philadelphia
- Philadelphia's interesting personalities
- Philadelphia's politics, courts, judges and magistrates
- People, things and places
- Philadelphia's theaters at the turn of the century
- Philadelphia's dance halls
- Interesting diversions at the turn of the century in Philadelphia
- The Roaring Twenties
- The Roaring Twenties end with 1929 crash
- Philadelphia's Old Northern Liberty District
- Philadelphia's popular songwriters in the early 1900's
- Corruption in a Philadelphia court
- North of Society Hill
- East Side Izzy
- My observations of Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jewish life
- The Jewish marriage broker - the "Shadchon" and his headaches
- Ginsburg vs. Cohen
- The Jew who converted, but regretted
- Nine Jews and a dog
- From the Philadelphia ghetto to suburbia.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of George Batcheler.
- ISBN:
- 0815802382
- 9780815802389
- OCLC:
- 93719
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