October 23, 2026
Tag: Brooks Mansion
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Frank Furness, Philadelphian
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Walking into a building for the first time seldom prompts the question, who was the architect? Names like Wright, van der Rohe, Gropius, Pei and Fuller come to mind, but Furness? – not so much. Frank Furness isn’t well known beyond his home town of Philadelphia, but his forty year career brought over six-hundred homes,…
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November 14, 2023 1 Comment
The story of the Columbian Trio Concert Company would be long forgotten were it not for postcards. Concert events that happened more than 100 years ago and the people who performed, if they were left to the newspapers would never be a part of the social history they created. Once again postcard history carries the day.