The Faculty Lounge

Trivia: Southern Store

Dorthea Lange photographed this in July 1939.

 

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Behind Fort Mifflin: Watching Planes Land at PHL During Hidden City Festival

Ben Neiditz and Zach Webber constructed dwellings as part of their art exhibition at Fort Mifflin and Mud Island for the Hidden City Festival 2013 in Philly. This particular structure contained a viewing platform (really, a ladder) inside where we watched planes approach their landing at Philadelphia International Airport.

 

 

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Marlboro Kosher Wine: Chablis Bottle From Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel

I was on a tour of an old Philadelphia synagogue, a shul named Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel, and discovered this old emply bottle of Marlboro Brand New York State Kosher Chablis.  I couldn't find any record of the existence of this product on the web so I'm documenting it here.  Kedem Wine is now made in Marlboro, NY, so perhaps that was a progenitor of this wine company.