Map of Philadelphia area placing West Philadelphia in context West Philadelphia Community History Center

Faculty and Students at the University of Pennsylvania inaugurated this heritage site in the spring of 2008.
This virtual history center will be an ever-revised and expanded resource by and for members of the
West Philadelphia community, and especially for teachers and their students.
Click for the Home page for the West Philadelphia Community History CenterClick for historical summaries of West PhiladelphiaClick for descriptions and histories of West Philadelphia neighborhoodsClick for personal perspectives on West PhiladelphiaClick for special exhibitsClick for maps of West PhiladelphiaClick for statistics on West PhiladelphiaClick for a bibliography of resources for the study of West PhiladelphiaClick for teacher guides for studying West Philadelphia

 

 

Founders of the West Philadelphia Community History Center

 

Walter Licht and Mark Lloyd with the Penn students who produced the first exhibits for this Web site, May 2008

University of Pennsylvania faculty and students, Spring 2008, from left to right:

Mark Lloyd, faculty; Jaryn Fields; Roshelle Lennon; Darryll Oliver; Jessica Tollette (at rear); Promise Sullivan (in front); Erica Denhoff; Kim Franklin; Catherine Kane; Felicia Mott; and Walter Licht, faculty. Not present for this photograph: Linda Kang and Tiffany Nichols.

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