Millenium Philadelphia: The Last 100 Years

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Summary: Impressive, engaging, informative, fascinating compendium.
Review: Millennium Philadelphia: The Last 100 Years is an impressive, engaging, informative, and at times fascinating compendium of photographs and news stories taken from the pages of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Every aspect of the history of the "City of Brotherly Love" is covered including culture, crime, war, social movements, sports. All the people, personalities, celebrities and politics throughout the 20th Century that made Philadelphia what it is today are to be found withing the pages of this remarkable photo-journalism history.

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Summary: Impressive, engaging, informative, fascinating compendium.
Review: Millennium Philadelphia: The Last 100 Years is an impressive, engaging, informative, and at times fascinating compendium of photographs and news stories taken from the pages of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Every aspect of the history of the "City of Brotherly Love" is covered including culture, crime, war, social movements, sports. All the people, personalities, celebrities and politics throughout the 20th Century that made Philadelphia what it is today are to be found withing the pages of this remarkable photo-journalism history.

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Summary: A century of change in Philadelphia told through 450 photos
Review: The auto was in its infancy, and sheep still grazed along South Broad Street. But there was a vibrancy in the air as Philadelphians turned out to meet the 20th century. The optimism all but jumps off the pages at you in this marvelous collection of 450 photographs assembled by the staff of the Philadelphia Inquirer. This, is quite simply, a family album of the Philadelphia century.

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Summary: A wonderful collection of rare and insightful photos
Review: This beautiful photo book takes you on a journey through time. Portraits of everyday life provide rare and important insights of a growing city. The photos capture the vibrancy of national history and its impact on people and can be enjoyed by anybody.

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Summary: A MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO CALLS THEMSELVES A PHILADELPHIAN
Review: This is a fabulous book. The pictures are perfect and clear. It gives a great pictorial history of this great city and I think anyone who has ever lived in Philadelphia or still does would love this book!!!