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Philly People, Now Deceased: A History Podcast
Welcome to the Philly People, Now Deceased, a Philadelphia History Brother and Sister Podcast. Each time we meet, Michiko, who lives in Pennsauken and Leonard, who lives in West Philly, talk about the sordid, exalted, infamous and famous lives of interesting Philadelphians with one caveat...they are all already deceased, May their souls rest in peace. Follow us on Twitter: @DeadPhillyPeeps or like us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/deadphillypeeps/
Philly People, Now Deceased: A History Podcast
Season 2, Episode 1: Tacony, Mary Disston, Al Schmid, Frank Shuman and Roosevelt Barlow
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Michiko and Leonard
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Season 2
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Episode 1
Thanks for joining episode 1, season 2 where we visit Tacony, and talk about the biggest Philly corporation you’ve never heard of, Solar Energy, and Philly’s first planned interracial community. Welcome!
References:
- Northeast Philadelphia; a Brief History, Dr. Harry Silcox and Frank Hollingsworth
- Workshopoftheworld. "Disston & Sons, Keystone Saw Works." Workshopoftheworld, n.d., https://www.workshopoftheworld.com/tacony/disston.html.
- Silcox, Harry C. “Henry Disston's Model Industrial Community: Nineteenth-Century Paternalism in Tacony, Philadelphia.” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 114, no. 4, 1990, pp. 483–515. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20092536.
- Biography. "Roosevelt Barlow Biography - Black, Department, Fire, and Firefighters - JRank Articles." Biography, n.d., https://biography.jrank.org/pages/2442/Barlow-Roosevelt.html.
- Nytimes. "Morris Milgram, 81; Built Interracial Housing - The New York Times." Nytimes, n.d.,https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/26/us/morris-milgram-81-built-interracial-housing.html.
- Wikipedia page for Tacony
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/racial-covenants-deed-philadelphia-segregation-african-american-history-20191230.html