Search results
Results from the Tech24 Deals Content Network
The offices of the Harford Historical Society are located in Harford, in a building that was used by the Harford Soldiers' Orphan School from 1865 to 1902 to house and school destitute children of Civil War veterans. The Orphan School was built on the campus of the former Franklin Academy (from 1836), later Harford University, which had been ...
Colonial History. Jewish traders have operated in southeastern Pennsylvania since at least the 1650s. [1] The first Jewish resident of the city on record was Jonas Aaron whose name appears in 1703 in the American Historical Register. Several Jewish families had immigrated to Philadelphia by 1734, as recorded by German traveler von Beck who ...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a historical society founded in 1824. Membership was regulated by the statutory of the association. Article IV of the statute states that, "the members of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shall be deemed qualified voters at the meetings and elections, who have subscribed to the Constitution, and who have paid all their dues to the Society".
Plan your winter reading with the Harford Historical Society by checking out the used book sale on Saturday, September 14 at the Soldiers' Orphan School. Books will be on sale from 9:00 a.m. to 2: ...
Orphan train. The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating from about 200,000 children. [1] The co-founders of the orphan train ...
E Clampus Vitus. The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus (ECV) is a fraternal organization dedicated to the preservation of the heritage of the Western United States, especially the history of the Mother Lode and gold mining regions of the area. There are chapters in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Washington ...
July 24, 1951. (1951-07-24) (aged 79) near Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S. Alma mater. University of Pennsylvania. Known for. Businessman, art collector. Albert Coombs Barnes (January 2, 1872 – July 24, 1951) was an American chemist, businessman, art collector, writer, and educator, and the founder of the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia ...
An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless". [ 1 ][ 2 ] In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the ...