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Philadelphia High School lunch token
- 2000s
Metal token with "The Philadelphia High School Luncheon" printed on one side and the number "1" with stars on the other side.
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Pasteurization Does Not Destroy the Vitamins in Milk
- 1930s (Poster)
- After 1993 – before 2021 (Correspondence)
Framed poster depicting a baby holding a bottle of milk. Underneath reads: "Pasteurization Does/Not Destroy the/ Vitamins in Milk/Play Safe-Buy Only/Pasteurized/Milk".
A letter from James Dickson to Fred Weber is…
- Author Dickson, James
- Addressee Weber, Fred
- Subject Milk--Pasteurization, Dairy products, Pasteurization, Dickson, James
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Oral history interview with Doron Levin
- 2001-Dec-01
- 2021-Jan-19
Doron Levin grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, one of four children. His father was an auto mechanic and his mother a bookkeeper. Levin followed the science track in high school, and he was inspired to study…
- Interviewee Levin, Doron, 1970-
- Interviewer Reynolds, Ron
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Levin, Doron, 1970-, Chemical engineering, Exxon Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice, Mobil Oil Company, Catalysts, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Petroleum chemicals industry
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Reproduction of Voltaic Pile
- 2018
Modern reproduction of the first electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. Base and top are wooden. Between the base and top rests a stack or pile of 46 copper-zinc cells. Electrodes used to tranfer the…
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Ballet Pointe Shoes
- Circa 2018
A pair of customized ballet pointe shoes worn and donated by Chanel Holland (1990 – ), founder and artistic director of Philadelphia’s Chocolate Ballerina Company. In 2016, Holland wore these shoes when she launched her…
- Manufacturer Bloch
- Subject Chocolate Ballerina Company, Ballet, Ballet slippers, Human skin color, African American ballerinas, Ballerinas, Ballet dancing
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Distillations, Volume 3 Number 3
- 2017 (Fall)
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Distillations, Volume 3 Number 2
- 2017 (Summer)
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Research interview with Rasheedah Phillips
- 2017-Sep-11
Rasheedah Phillips was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1984. She moved to Philadelphia at fourteen years old, the same year she became a mother. Four years later, Rasheedah graduated with honors from Abraham Lincoln High…
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Research interview with Adam Garber
- 2017-Aug-07
Adam Garber was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1983. He has three sisters, including a twin, and both his parents have PhDs. Adam and his family were very involved in their synagogue and Atlanta’s Jewish community. At the…
- Interviewee Garber, Adam, 1983-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Garber, Adam, 1983-, Air--Pollution, Air quality, Judaism, Clean energy, Environmental policy, Pollution
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Research interview with Peter Handler
- 2017-Aug-03
Peter Handler was born in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, and spent much of his childhood in New Jersey. Self-described as an atheist-Jew, Peter spent his summers as a teenager at the Shaker Village Work Camp in New…
- Interviewee Handler, Peter, 1947-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Handler, Peter, 1947-, Woodstock Festival, Communal living, Climatology, Environmentalists--Political activity
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Research interview with Tykee James
- 2017-Aug-02
Tykee James was born on January 21, 1994, at Temple Hospital in North Philadelphia. He soon moved with his parents to the Fort Irwin Army Base in the High Mojave Desert of California. In 2000, after his parents’…
- Interviewee James, Tykee, 1994-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject James, Tykee, 1994-, Environmentalists--Political activity, Air quality, Air--Pollution
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Research interview with Kirtrina Baxter
- 2017-Jul-27
- 2017-Aug-02
Kirtrina Baxter was born in 1969 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She grew up in a diverse neighborhood in Willingboro, New Jersey, where her parents are Evangelical pastors. Katrina spent childhood summers in Philadelphia…
- Interviewee Baxter, Kirtrina, 1969-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Baxter, Kirtrina, 1969-, Women in science, Scientists, Black, African American women, Urban agriculture, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Research interview with Pouné Saberi
- 2017-Jul-14
Pouné Saberi was born in Tehran, Iran, and experienced the 1979 Iranian Revolution as a child. Her family left Iran in the mid-1980s during its war with Iraq and settled briefly in Boston. Pouné’s parents and younger…
- Interviewee Saberi, Pouné
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Saberi, Pouné, Women in science, Women in medicine, Physicians, Women physicians, Revolution (Iran : 1979), Public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.), Toxins--Environmental aspects, Emigration and immigration
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Research interview with Damali Rhett
- 2017-Jul-13
Damali Rhett was born in October 1977, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her name derives from a Nigerian praise poem and means “beautiful vision.” As an infant, Damali moved to Washington, D.C. During high school Damali was accepted…
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Research interview with Eileen Flanagan
- 2017-Jul-07
Eileen Flanagan was born in Philadelphia in 1962. She grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in Bala Cynwyd, just outside of Philadelphia. She attended Friends Central High School and graduated from Duke University. In the…
- Interviewee Flanagan, Eileen, 1962-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Flanagan, Eileen, 1962-, Women in science, Quakers, Social justice, Environmental justice, Peace Corps (U.S.)
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Research interview with Jalyn Williams
- 2017-Jul-06
Jalyn Williams was born in Philadelphia in January 2001. She has lived in West Philadelphia, in Upper Darby, and in Chester. Jalyn is an honors student at Central High School in Philadelphia, a four-year college…
- Interviewee Williams, Jalyn, 2001-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Williams, Jalyn, 2001-, Environmentalists
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Oral history interview with Rory Cooper
- 2017-Jun-22
- 2017-Jun-23
Rory Cooper was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1959 and grew up in San Luis Obispo, California. His father was a model maker, in the United States Army Reserve, and later, a professor of biology and agriculture at…
- Interviewee Cooper, Rory A.
- Interviewer Martucci, Jessica L., Waters, Gregory S.
- Subject Scientists with disabilities, Engineering, Wheelchairs, Wheelchair sports, Veterans, United States. Army, University of Pittsburgh, Cooper, Rory A., People with disabilities--Civil rights, Robotics, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (United States)
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Oral history interview with Collin R. Diedrich
- 2017-Jun-19
- 2017-Jun-22
Collin R. Diedrich was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1983. His parents were originally from Kansas, and they settled in St. Louis to help Diedrich’s grandfather with his wholesale business. Diedrich grew up in a…
- Interviewee Diedrich, Collin R., 1983-
- Interviewer Waters, Gregory S., Martucci, Jessica L.
- Subject Immunology, Learning disabled, Diedrich, Collin R., 1983-, Dyslexia, HIV (Viruses)--Research, Tuberculosis vaccines, Virology, Medical scientists
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Oral history interview with Judith Summers-Gates
- 2017-Jan-20
- 2017-Feb-06
Judith Summers-Gates was born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania in 1958 and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a registered nurse. Her father was a hardwood floor installer. She had a younger sister and…
- Interviewer Martucci, Jessica L., Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Interviewee Summers-Gates, Judith, 1958-
- Subject Women in science, People with disabilities, People with mental disabilities, Blind, People with visual disabilities, Drexel University, United States. Department of Defense, United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Engineering, Breast--Radiography, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (United States), Paratransit services, Self-help device for people with disabilities, American Chemical Society, Chemists with disabilitites, Chemistry, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Tasita filter holder
- Keystone funnel
- 2016
A: Blue plastic funnel with B: cap used to hold filter paper. Funnel is designed to fit on two 2-liter soda bottles (with cap on) or on the top of a jerrycan (without cap).
In 2016 Dr. Theresa Dankovish's company,…
- Manufacturer Folia Water
- Subject Water--Purification, Water filters
