Author Archives: Jason Hutchins

The Life of Thomas McKean

By Jason Hutchins | Published: April 25, 2007
  Though the majority of the images in PhillyHistory are ‘geocoded’ or associated with a specific address, there are quite a few images and documents that either had no location associated with their creation or did not contain enough location information from the original photographer or author to determine an accurate location. I often conduct [...]
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A City of Firsts

By Jason Hutchins | Published: October 25, 2006
  Philadelphia is a city of firsts. One area where this is exemplary is in the list of accomplishments for its churches. Philadelphia is home to Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’ Church), which is located at 916 Swanson St (Columbus and Christian) in South Philadelphia. The original church was founded as part of the New Sweden [...]
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